Imovision, Cineplex take 'Sleeping Voice'

'Sleeping Voice'The Match Factory has started sales on Benito Zambrano's "La voz dormida" (The Sleeping Voice), which sees its major market premiere Sunday in the American Film Market.In key sales to 2 of Latin America's most active indie marketers, The Match Factory has closed South america with Imovision and Colombia with Cineplex. Latin American Pay TV (LAP TV) has acquired pay TV privileges for Latin America and can air "Voice" on its super-premium film funnel, Movie City. "Voice" may be the highly emotional tale of two sisters' solidarity set from the background from the immediate aftermath in 1940 to Spain's Civil War.World preeming at late September's San Sebastian Festival, where it received upbeat worldwide reviews, it won Maria Leon a best actress Silver Spend on her perf among the siblings, a large-eyed innocent who gradually awakes towards the harrowing inhumanity of the country divided between those who win and nonwinners. Composed by Zambrano and Ignacio del Moral, "Voice" is created by Antonio Perez's Maestranza Films, which saw among its greatest hits ever with Zambrano's 1999 debut, "Alone."Launched by Warner Bros., "Voice" made an initial-10-day Euros1. million ($1.4 million). Its subject-matter is causing interest among U.S. purchasers, The Match Factory's sales mind Brigitte Suarez stated in the AFM before its first screening. Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com