EXCLUSIVE : Paolo Sorrentino ‘s anticipated new movie Parthenope has sold around the world for Pathé here in Cannes where the film is playing in Competition. We broke news of the A24 domestic deal coming into the festival and now deals have closed this past week in UK (Picture House), Germany (Wildbunch – Alamode), Spain (BTEAM), CIS (Pasatiempo Pictures), Latin America (Pasatiempo Pictures), Scandinavia (Triart) and South Korea (AUD). The in-demand project is also heading to Poland (Monolith), Benelux (Cineart), Baltics (Aone Films), Bulgaria (Cinelibri), Czech Republic & Slovakia (Aero), Ex-Yugoslavia (MCF), Portugal (NOS), Romania (Independenta), Hungary (Mozinet), Turkey (BIR FILM) and Israel (LEV Cinemas).
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Negotiations are ongoing in the handful of remaining territories. Plot details have been kept under wraps but the production says the movie will be an “exploration of the relentless pursuit of freedom, an insatiable love for a city with countless faces, and myriad forms of love itself.” The city in question is understood to be Naples.
Starring are Gary Oldman, Luisa Ranieri, Stefania Sandrelli, Dario .
