Cohen Media Buys Nicely-Obtained Berlinale Pic ‘Persian Classes’
Cohen Media Group has taken North American rights to Vadim Perelman’s Persian Classes following its well-received bow on the Berlin Worldwide Movie Competition this week.
The releaser is planning a late 2020 berth for the film, which stars Nahuel Pérez Biscayart within the story of a Belgian Jew who claims to be Persian when he’s rounded up and about to face the firing squad. The terrified prisoner desperately tries to save lots of himself by agreeing to show Farsi – a language he doesn’t know and thus makes up – to an eager-to-learn Nazi transit camp commandant (Lars Eidinger).
The movie obtained a major standing ovation from the watching viewers after premiering on the fest on February 22. It was produced by Moscow-based Hype Movie (Leto), and co-produced by Berlin-based LM Media and One Two Movies (The Story) in affiliation with Belarusfilm.
The acquisition was negotiated by John Kochman, CMG Government Vice President, and Mathieu Delaunay, Head of Gross sales for Paris-based Memento Movie Worldwide.
John Kochman stated, “Persian Classes is a terrific movie we’ve been ready for from Vadim Perelman ever since his superb debut and we’re thrilled to carry it to a large viewers.”
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