Butchers Monarca Films EXCLUSIVE: Picture Tree International has acquired international sales rights on Uruguayan fraternal directorial duo Rafael and Bernardo Antonaccio’s second feature Butchers (Matarifes) for a launch at the European Film Market this month. The brothers previously made waves with thriller In the Quarry (En el Pozo), which was released in Latin America, the U. S., Canada, the UK, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Spain, Australia, South Korea, Taiwan and Japan and screened widely on the festival circuit, starting with a world premiere in Sitges. The historical thriller is set against the backdrop of the 1970s meat ban in Uruguay, during which José, a Galician immigrant, and his daughter Rosita establish a clandestine slaughterhouse to survive.
