EXCLUSIVE: VMI Worldwide has taken international sales rights to A Sudden Case of Christmas and will present the holiday flick starring Danny Devito, Andie MacDowell, Wilmer Valderrama, and Lucy Devito to buyers at this week’s Cannes Market.
The pic is from director Peter Chelsom (The Space Between Us) with a screenplay penned by Chelsom, Tinker Lindsay, Gianluca Bomprezzi, Neri Parenti, Dederico Baccomo and Francesco Patierno.
The film follows Lawrence (Devito), who runs a grand hotel in the mountains of Italy. Every winter, he hosts the extended family for Christmas – but this year, his daughter (Lucy Devito) and her husband (Valderrama) are bringing their 10-year-old, Claire (Antonella Rose), to visit in August.
The young couple comes with shocking news, they are divorcing and tasked Lawrence with being the bearer of bad news to Claire.
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