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French distributor PrettyPictures has bought North Korean hit TheSchoolgirl s Diary, marking the first commercial deal for a North Koreanfilm to
stanley cup a Western country in recent decades.James Velaise, president ofPretty Pictures, attended the Pyongyang Inter
stanley cup national Film Festival inSeptember where The Schoolgirl s Diary,a local hit with 8 million admissions, was screened. Negotiations started in Pyongyang bu
stanley cup t only closed today Oct 18 . Velaise is coincidentallyattending the Asian Film Market in South Korea and has been communicating withthe film s international sales rep Korfilm the Korean Film Export ImportCorp by email and fax. We made genuine advancementduring the days I was in Pyongyang,but as you can imagine, they have various levels of approval and it was onlytoday that we closed the deal, said Velaise. We re hoping for a Cannes slot for TheSchoolgirl s Dairy, Velaise continued. I believe in this film as acuriosity, also as an honest description of everyday life in North Korea, and as a very well-made film that portrays theaverage schoolgirl s aspirations for a better life. The girl, disgruntled thather scientist father is never home, dreams of moving out of their country houseto a high-rise apartment in the city. Velaise says what makes the filminteresting is that it is not a propaganda film, but a film about the ordinarylife of a young schoolgirl in Pyongyang, played by a very talented andattractive young actress. North Korean leader KimJong-il, a well-known ci Ckqf Russian action star Nevsky launches LA production outfit
Dir/scr: Ana Piterbarg. Argentina. 2012. 118minsViggo Mortensens trademark quiet strength and enigmatic stillness works to impressive effect in Ana Piterbargs moody and evocat
stanley canada ive drama Everybody Has A Plan Todos Tenemos Un Plan , largely set against backdrop of Argentinas tough and isolated the Tigre Delta, a labyrinthine tangle of islands and waterways which has its own codes and sense of justice.Mortensens rugged charisma fits perfectly playing two men who say little but are still driven and determined.He gets to play twin brothers 鈥?and what actor doesnt love playing twins 鈥?whose gradually revealed past comes to haunt them. As he proved in 2006s Alatriste, Mortensens Spanish 鈥?he lived in Argentina for a
stanley cup while as a youngster - is more than up to the job there is no English spoken here and he is perfect fit when it comes to playing the gloomy, unhappy brothers, bot
stanley kubek h looking for some sort of escape.Mortenssens presence should help the films international profile and handled properly the film should be solid performer in Spanish speaking territories and on the festival circuit.As the title suggests, this is a film where all of the lead characters have a plan鈥r at the very least are forced by circumstances to have to make hard decisions and head off on difficult journeys.In Buenos Aires, Agust铆n Mortensen leads a comfortable life as a doctor, and is married to a busy and successful Claudia Soledad Villamil . But he is depressed and restless, and when his wife wants to
