WTFilms Posts Deals On Fabrice Du Welz’s Belgian Marc Dutroux Pedophile Thriller ‘Maldoror’ Ahead Of Release In Belgium
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: WTFilms has unveiled a slew of deals on Fabrice du Welz’s thriller Maldoror, inspired by the 1990s case of infamous Belgian pedophile and serial killer Marc Dutroux, as the movie releases in France ahead of its theatrical launch in Belgium next week.
In the Europe, the movie has sold to the Nordics (Njutafilms), German-speaking territories (Capelight Pictures), Italy (Movies Inspired), Spain (La Aventura), Poland (Velvet Soon), CIS, Baltics, Ukraine (Exponenta), and Greece (Femeway Limited).
In the rest of the world, Film Movement has taken U.S. rights while the picture has also sold to Japan (Pflug) and Latin America (California).
The Jokers Films, which also produced the movie with Belgian company Frakas, has launched Maldoror theatrically in France today while O’Brother Distribution is gearing up for its release in Belgium on January 22.
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