“My Notes on Mars,” Lili Horvát’s first English-language characteristic, which stars Mackenzie Davis and Rupert Buddy, has secured a raft of pre-sales forward of the Cannes Movie Market kickoff.
Now in publish, the movie is repped internationally by Paradise Metropolis Gross sales. UTA Impartial Movie Group is dealing with North America.
Mixing romance and science fiction, “My Notes on Mars” follows Margot, a scientist with a troubled marriage who disappears whereas mountaineering together with her husband, Sam. Weeks later she miraculously reappears on the day of her personal memorial service. She remembers nothing about her life — besides her Mars analysis, which she is determined to search out and destroy. Clearly she will not be the identical as earlier than, but Sam accepts Margot’s return as a second probability at their love.
The film has pre-sold to Germany (Plaion), Austria (Filmladen), Spain (Filmin), Benelux (September), Portugal (Nos Lusomundo), Greece (Cinobo), Australia and New Zealand (Rialto), Airways (Anuvu distribution), Hungary (Mozinet) and Ex-Yugoslavia (Artwork Servis).
“My Notes on Mars” shot in Budapest and the Hungarian countryside, in addition to in Salzburg, Austria.
Horvát is critically acclaimed Hungarian filmmaker whose final movie “Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time” debuted at Venice and Toronto in 2020, earned a nomination on the Impartial Spirit Awards and went on to be Hungary’s Oscar entry for greatest worldwide characteristic. Her debut, “The Wednesday Child,” received a prize at Karlovy Differ.
The movie is produced by Horvát and Dóra Csernátony beneath their Poste Restante banner, along with Oscar nominee Emilie Georges and Naima Abed (“Call Me By Your Name,” “Atropia”) for Paradise Metropolis, Anne Carey (“Can You Ever Forgive Me?”), Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu and Bady Minck of Amour Fou (“The Blood Countess”), Mirsad Purivatra and Jovan Marjanovic of Obala Artwork Centar (“Triangle of Sadness”), Maja Kecojevic of Parangal Movie, Janine Jackowski, Jonas Dornbach, Maren Ade for Komplizen Movie (“Sentimental Value”) and Evan Moore of AmorFortuna (“Late Fame”).
The movie obtained help from the Nationwide Movie Institute of Hungary, the Austrian Movie Institute, TRT Cinema and the Movie Centre of Montenegro and is produced in collaboration with ZDF/Arte and Fondacija za kinematografiju.
“Notes of Mars” reunites Horvát with cinematographer Róbert Maly, who labored on “Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time.”
Davis was seen just lately in “Speak No Evil” by James Watkins, which grossed greater than $75 million worldwide.
Buddy, a daily actor from Wes Anderson’s films, was just lately seen in “Jurassic World: Rebirth.” Davis is represented by UTA, Leisure 360, and Sloane, Supply, Weber & Dern. Buddy is represented by UTA, Brillstein Leisure Companions, and HJTH. Horvát is represented by UTA.
