Top 50 Most Anticipated American Independent Films of 2019: #40. Rania Attieh/Daniel Garcia’s Initials S.G.

Initials S.G.

Rania Attieh and Daniel Garcia sanguinely moved into production in January of 2018 with their fourth feature film, Initials S.G. A wink to Serge Gainsbourg, the enigmatic personality of the character embodied by Argentinian actor Diego Peretti is at the core of what is a widely unpredictable storyline. Selected for the US in Progress in Wrocław, this is produced by the filmmakers alongside Iván Eibuszyc, Shruti Ganguly and Georges Schoucair. The project received some support via the 2018 Music and Sound Design Lab and became film fest darlings with their third feature in 2014’s H. (read review) which was showcased at fest heavyweights Venice, Sundance and Berlin.

Gist: An aging, Argentine, Serge Gainsbourg wannabe (Peretti) struggles to deal with a career he can’t seem to get on track, an affair he doesn’t want, and a crime he didn’t mean to commit.

Release Date/Prediction: We see this as an European premiere — possibly a Directors’ Fortnight selection in Cannes or Locarno competition showing.