Washington, March 19 -- Gemma Blasco made her feature debut with the Spanish drama 'Fury', the tale of a young woman trying to cope with a traumatic experience and who finds a channel for her rage on the stage.

Written by Blasco and Eva Paune, the film follows Alex, a young woman, played by Angela Cervantes, trying to come to terms with a violent assault she suffers at a New Year's Eve party. "'Fury' came from a desire to offer a different, darker and more visceral vision of the consequences of sexual violence. When I was 18, I was sexually assaulted, and shortly after, I started studying film," said Blasco, reported Variety.

"It didn't take me long to realise that, one day, I would end up making this film because I couldn't find any re...