Adria Arjona & Edgar Ramirez Sign For Jayro Bustamante’s ‘El Sombreron’ As The Match Factory Launches Sales In Cannes

Adria Arjona and Edgar Ramirez have been announced to co-star in Jayro Bustamante’s dystopian thriller The big hat as The Match Factory launches worldwide sales on the project in Cannes, with CAA Media Finance representing North America.

Guatemalan director Bustamante previously made waves with Mayan drama The Ixcan (2015), which premiered in competition in Berlin, winning the Alfred Bauer Prize (since renamed the Silver Bear Jury prize), and war criminal horror The Lloronawhich won Best Director and Best Film in Venice’s Giornate degli Autori in 2019.

Arjona will play an ambitious woman trapped in a marriage as the trophy wife of a violent cartel boss. Desperate for liberation, she seizes the opportunity presented by a mysterious stranger (Ramirez), who promises to smuggle her north. However, once on route, she discovers the harrowing truth about her companion and finds herself thrust into a surreal odyssey.

Bustamante’s La Casa de Produccion, Alejandro De Leon and Brian Clark, and Sergio Lira and Lynette Coll for Luz Films will serve as producers.

“In The big hatJayro fuses magical realism, folklore, and horror to vividly evoke the hell that borders create,” said producers. “We could not have asked for two better guides through the inferno than the immensely talented Adria Arjona and Edgar Ramirez.”

Arjona (Andor) will next be seen starring in Richard Linklater’s Hit Man opposite Glen Powell, which releases in theaters on May 24 and on Netflix June 7. She will also be seen in Zoe Kravitz’s directorial debut film Blink Twice, which hits cinemas August 23.

Ramirez, who clinched Golden Globes nominations for American Crime Story and Carlosis in Cannes this year for Jacques Audiard’s Competition title Emilia Perez opposite Zoe Saldana and Selena Gomez. Upcoming projects include Eli Roth’s Borderlandsco-starring Cate Blanchett, and Arenas directed by Camille Perton.

Bustamante is represented by Gaby Mena at M88, CAA, and Marios Rush at Rush Law. Ramirez is represented by CAA, Impression Ent & Hirsch Wallerstein. Arjona is represented by CAA, Anonymous Content, The Lede Company and Goodman, Genow, Schenkman.