M-Appeal Closes Deals for Venice Competition Title ‘Love’ Ahead of World Premiere (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comLeo Barraclough International Features Editor M-Appeal has secured sales in key territories for Venice Film Festival competition title “Love,” directed by Norwegian filmmaker Dag Johan Haugerud, in advance of its world premiere.
The Berlin-based boutique sales company has reported sales to Pyramide for France, Alamode for Germany and Austria, and September Film for the Benelux region. “Pyramide is thrilled to welcome Dag Johan Haugerud in its French home.
We loved ‘Sex’ at first sight when we discovered the film in Berlin this year and we are very confident that adding ‘Love’ to our lineup makes sense in order to embrace the vision of humanity which this great Norwegian artist has instilled in his Oslo trilogy,” Pyramide Distribution’s Eric Lagasse said.
Fabien Arséguel, managing director of Alamode Film, remarked: “After the acquisition of ‘Sex’ at the last Berlinale we are more than happy to continue our cooperation with M-Appeal with ‘Love.’ Like ‘Sex,’ ‘Love’ deals in a very smart, natural and above all sensitive way about questions of human relationships and sexuality.
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