Hot director: Daniel Espinosa ('Snabba Cash')

Daniel Espinosa and his Swedish-language crime drama “Snabba Cash” ("Easy Money") are this week’s buzz of the industry.

“Cash” was one of the films that generated much talk at the Berlin Film Festival/European Film Market, and Stockholm-born Espinosa, who’s made four films in his native land, was quickly snapped up for representation by UTA and Magnolia Entertainment after meeting top reps around town.

UTA threw a reception for Espinosa at the Hammer Museum Monday night and screened his movie. Execs from studios such as Warners and the Weinstein Co. were on hand to angle for a chance to talk to the filmmaker, whose reps are looking for “the right project” for him to make his English-language debut.

Producers and execs are also aggressively vying for the remake rights to the movie, which was a hit back in its home country. You can bet that Linda Lichter, the attorney who reps the film rights, was watching the proceedings intently.

“Cash,” based on a novel by Jens Lapidus, follows three interconnected storylines involving drugs and organized crime, with the main  character a young man (half-American Joel Kinnaman, poised for an international break-out) who hopes to strike it rich quickly by becoming a runner for a coke dealer.

Espinosa (his parents are Chilean, which explains the non-Scandinavian last name) is leaving for Sweden on Thursday, but this is not the last time you’re going to hear about him or the movie.

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They are not the only ones. Don't forget the vampire movie "Let the Right One In". A masterpiece. A fresh air in the horror genre.I know some Swedes don't like it, especially if they've read the book, but that's so wrong. The film is as good, if not even better than the novel.

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Espinosa inpressed me very much