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THE BOY WHO BELONGED TO THE SEA

L'IGUANE

Drama - Development 2022

When a tragic accident puts his mother into a coma, a 12-year-old boy must enter a frightening dreamscape on a mission to wake her.

- Year of production
- 2022
- Genres
- Drama, Book adaptation, First film
- Countries
- CANADA, FRANCE, UNITED KINGDOM, BELGIUM
- Languages
- ENGLISH, FRENCH, FRENCH-CANADIAN
- Budget
- 10 - 25 M$
- Duration
- 120 mn
- Writer(s)
- Geoff DUPUY-HOLDER, Savyna DARBY, Denis THERIAULT
- Producer(s)
- Savyna DARBY (THE WHITE LOTUS PICTURE COMPANY)
- Synopsis
- Set on the rugged north shore of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada, 'The Boy who Belonged to the Sea' tells the story of two lonely boys united by grief. Together they take refuge in a magical undersea world of their own creation, searching for a sense of belonging. But for one of them the line between fantasy and reality begins to blur, and the loyalty of his friend is put to the test in a journey that threatens to end in tragedy. 'The Boy Who Belonged to the Sea' is a mix of fantasy, melodrama, looming adolescence and nostalgia.
- Partners & financing
- - To attach a director
  - Looking for a producer, local co-producer in France and Belgium
  - To attach sales agents for the following territories: France, Belgium, Canada and United-Kingdom for pre-sales
- Beginning of shooting
- Jan 11, 2023
- End of shooting
- Sep 11, 2023