Italian writer-turned-director Ludovica Rampoldi’s clandestine romance “A Brief Affair” — which incorporates a stellar native solid together with Pilar Fogliati (“Madly”), Adriano Giannini (“Supersex”) and Valeria Golino (“The Morning Show”) — has scored a North American distribution cope with Philadelphia–based mostly indie outfit Breaking Glass Pictures.
Breaking Glass, which is run by trade veterans Richard Wolff and Richard Ross, inked the cope with True Colors’ head of gross sales Francesca Tiberi.
Mixing thriller, drama and romance tropes with an general ironic tone, “A Brief Affair” marks the directorial debut of Rampoldi, who’s a outstanding Italian screenwriter. She is thought for her work on Sky’s “Gomorra” collection, Amazon’s “The Bad Guy” present and movies similar to Marco Bellochio’s “The Traitor,” Oscar winner Gabriele Salvatores’s “The Invisible Boy” and on Andrea Pallaoro’s upcoming “The Echo Chamber.”
“A Brief Affair” is the story of Lea (performed by Fogliati) and Rocco (Giannini), who meet by likelihood in a bar and are struck by an prompt attraction. A secret affair ensues, consisting of fleeting, clandestine conferences in a resort room. Nonetheless, as time passes, Lea turns into obsessive about Rocco, main her to more and more intrude into his life and taking the story in an surprising and unsettling course.
“I am truly happy to be working again with True Colours on such a witty and clever film, which I am sure will impress U.S. audiences for its brilliant and sensible approach to storytelling about love and relationships,” Breaking Glass CEO Richard Wolff mentioned in an announcement.
“A Brief Affair” is produced by Indigo Movie, HT Movie and RAI Cinema.
Since its market premiere at Cannes 2025, the movie — which debuted on the 2025 Rome Movie Pageant and subsequently received a number of prizes in Italy — has now bought to a slew of territories together with Brazil (Pandora); Greece (Rosebud.21); Germany, Austria and Switzerland (Busch Media Group); Spain (Karma); South Korea (Scene & Sound); Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden (One other World and Feture Movie); Poland (Aurora Movie); New Zealand and Australia (Palace Movies); Taiwan (AvJet); Portugal (Risi Movie); the Baltic international locations (Estin Movie); Benelux (J&J Movie); Mexico and Argentina (Mirada); India and South Asia; former Yugoslavia (Zillion); and Bulgaria (Beta Movie).
“I am delighted to see ‘A Brief Affair’ continue its international journey and reach audiences across so many territories, and I am particularly pleased that this journey will now include the United States,” Rampoldi mentioned in an announcement. “To see a story that is so personal connect with viewers around the world, and discover that its themes resonate across cultural and geographic boundaries, is perhaps the greatest reward I could hope for. I am sincerely grateful to our distribution partner, True Colours, for their commitment and support, and look forward to sharing ‘A Brief Affair’ with audiences in all these new markets.”
