Natalia Oreiro’s latest film project may be going global…

Guido Rud’s FilmSharks Intl. has acquired the international sales rights to the musical drama Gilda, no me arrepiento de este amor, about Argentina’s legendary cumbia star, portrayed by the 38-year-old Uruguayan singer, actress and fashion designer.

Picked up by Buena Vista International for Argentina, the film, aka I am Gilda (The Latin Music Saint), is currently shooting in Buenos Aires. It’s being directed by Lorena Muñoz, who co-penned the script with Tamara Viñes.

The film tells the story of Argentine cumbia singer Gilda, born Myriam Alejandra Bianchi, who succeeds in music after working as gardener and P.E. teacher, acquiring the status of a popular saint in Argentina after her tour bus crashed in 1996, killing her, her mother, her daughter and part of her band.

The biopic is toplined by Oreiro, the star of recent standout international sales and festival gems like Lucia Puenzo’s The German Doctor and Benjamin Avila’s Clandestine Childhood.

Oreiro provides her own vocals to the late singer’s hits in the film.

“Gilda, no me arrepiento de este amor” is scheduled for a September 7 theatrical release in Argentina, coinciding with the 20th anniversary of Gilda’s death.