Fandango Takes Sales on Venice and Toronto Title ‘Anywhere Anytime’ With a ‘Bicycle Thieves’ Vibe – Watch Trailer (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comNick Vivarelli International Correspondent Fandango Film Sales has taken all rights to Italy-based Iranian director Milad Tangshir’s debut feature film “Anywhere Anytime” ahead of its launch from the Venice Critics’ Week and TIFF’s Centrepiece section.
The film riffs off Vittorio De Sica’s neorealist classic “Bicycle Thieves,” albeit in a contemporary setting, telling the tale of Issa, a young Senegalese illegal immigrant living in Turin who – after being fired by an employer for fear of being fined by the police – starts working as a food-delivery rider, a gig that gives him a sense of security and freedom until his bike gets stolen. “Issa then embarks on a desperate odyssey through the streets of the city to find his bike,” according to the provided synopsis.
Tangshir, who has born in 1983 in Tehran, released three albums with the Iranian rock bandAhoora, before moving to Italy in 2011.
Since then, he has produced and directed several short fiction films and docs, including the virtual reality doc “VR Free” that went to Venice and Sundance.
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