Sebastian stan will next star in Impunity with Ana de Armas, taking on an espionage thriller from Chilean filmmaker Felipe Gálvez. The project is built around Augusto Pinochet’s arrest in London in 1998, and it has already moved through Cannes as a hot package.
Gálvez Turns to 1998 London
Gálvez said, “I grew up listening to unfinished stories, conversations interrupted by fear,” a line that fits the film’s premise better than any glossy sales sheet could. He also said, “With ‘Impunity’ I want to explore the pages erased from our history. Using the language of the spy genre, not to celebrate conspiracies, but to reveal how justice itself can be negotiated, delayed, and turned into spectacle.”
The film is based on Philippe Sands’ 38 Londres Street and explores one of the biggest international criminal cases since the Nuremberg Trials. That gives the project a legal and political frame instead of a conventional thriller setup, which is exactly why it is being sold as more than a genre play.
Stan, de Armas, and the Cast
Stan and de Armas both serve as executive producers, adding a business stake to their lead roles. The cast is completed by Alfredo Castro, Antonia Zegers, and Alejandro Goic, giving Gálvez a lineup that mixes international names with performers tied to his Chilean base.
The film was shot between Chile, the U.K., and Spain, and it will play in English and Spanish. That split points to a production built for cross-border financing and a wider sales strategy, not just a single domestic market.
Cannes Package and 2023 Signal
Pathé launched Impunity as a hot package at Cannes, placing it in the same marketplace where buyers were already familiar with Gálvez’s rise. In 2023, his film The Settlers world premiered at Cannes in Un Certain Regard, and that earlier showing gives this new project a track record before a frame of the new film has reached audiences.
Ardavan Safaee said, “When I first watched ‘The Settlers’, I was struck by the formal mastery of Felipe Gálvez’s direction and his remarkable ability to confront history through a bold, singular cinematic vision,” then added that the script of Impunity was “gripping and sophisticated.” For buyers, that combination of star power, festival pedigree, and historical material makes this the kind of package that can travel well before release details settle into view.
