Recent off profitable the viewers award at Cannes Administrators’ Fortnight, Clio Barnard’s “I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning” has secured a raft of worldwide gross sales, with Paris-based gross sales firm Charades dealing with worldwide rights.
The movie, which earned the highest viewers prize within the Cannes sidebar, has been picked up throughout a number of territories following its market launch by Charades.
Offers closed to this point embrace Pyramide for France, Curzon for the U.Okay., Cherry Pickers for Benelux, Adso Movies for Spain, Bizarre Wave for Greece, Angel Movie for Denmark, Folkets Bio for Scandinavia, A-One Movies for the Baltics, MCF for the Adriatics and Bulgaria, Cinobo for Poland, Lev Cinema for Israel, New Choose Co. for Japan, Hooray Movies for Taiwan and Aardwolf for airline rights.
“I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning” marks the newest characteristic from BAFTA-nominated filmmaker Barnard, whose earlier credit embrace “Ali & Ava” and “Dark River.”
Tailored by “Die My Love” and “Hunger” author Enda Walsh from Keiran Goddard’s novel of the identical identify, the drama stars Anthony Boyle (“Say Nothing,” “Masters of the Air”), Joe Cole (“Gangs of London”), Jay Lycurgo (“Half Bad: The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself”), Daryl McCormack (“Good Luck to You, Leo Grande”) and Lola Petticrew (“Say Nothing”). Millie Brady, Lucie Shorthouse and James Eeles additionally characteristic within the ensemble forged.
The movie follows 5 childhood buddies — Patrick, Shiv, Rian, Oli and Conor — who as soon as dreamed of escaping their circumstances and constructing higher lives. Now of their 30s, they discover the futures they imagined slowly slipping away.
Produced by Tracy O’Riordan by way of Moonspun Movies, the challenge continues Barnard’s longstanding collaboration with the producer. It was developed with BBC Movie, which co-financed the image alongside the BFI, awarding Nationwide Lottery funding. Curzon Movie can be a manufacturing associate and can distribute the movie within the U.Okay., alongside TPC.
Govt producers embrace Barnard, Walsh, Goddard, Claudia Yusef for BBC Movie, Mia Bays for the BFI, Ali Jazayeri and Keith Kehoe for TPC, Louisa Dent and Philip Knatchbull for Curzon Movie, in addition to Yohann Comte, Carole Baraton and Lucie Desquiens for Charades.
