“The moment I read the Epic article, I knew I wanted to tell this story,” López said in a statement.
The school recruited and isolated socially-neglected girls from families suffering from extreme poverty and living in remote areas of Mexico.
After blowing international audiences away in 2017 with the crime horror fantasy Tigers Are Not Afraid, Mexican filmmaker Issa López is teaming up with indie production powerhouse Blumhouse to adapt and helm Our Lady of Tears, according to Deadline.
“We learned that isolation can protect us from physical threats but our internal demons follow us wherever we go.”