Beta Cinema has picked up worldwide gross sales rights to feel-good comedy “Agnes & Amir” forward of its premiere on Sunday on the Munich Film Festival. The movie, directed by Helena Hufnagel, relies on a real story.
The movie follows Iranian Amir, who’s ready to listen to if his refugee standing in Germany will probably be accepted or whether or not he’ll be deported. He strikes into the Berlin residence of Agnes, a 101-year-old who’s attempting to keep away from being despatched to dwell in a retirement dwelling. Regardless of their variations, the flatmates kind a detailed bond that helps them confront the challenges that life throws their means.
X Verleih will launch the movie in German theaters on Nov. 19.
The screenplay is written by Malte Welding (“Text for You,” “Love Again”), based mostly on a narrative by Paul M. Feldmann.
Hufnage first gained worldwide consideration along with her brief movie “Willa” (2014), tailored from a Stephen King story, which screened at main festivals, together with Palm Springs. She made her function debut with “Pretty Far From Okay” (2017), incomes a Bavarian Movie Award. Her function “Commitment Phobia,” which premiered at Munich, turned probably the most profitable German theatrical releases of 2021. Hufnagel’s “Silver and the Book of Dreams,” produced by Constantin Movie for Amazon Studios, premiered on the Tallinn Black Nights Movie Competition in 2023, and was nominated for the German Tv Award.
The solid is led by Katharina Thalbach, one among Germany’s most acclaimed and beloved actresses. Internationally, she is greatest identified for her performances in Volker Schlöndorff’s Palme d’Or- and Oscar-winning “The Tin Drum” (1979) and Alan J. Pakula’s “Sophie’s Choice” (1982). Thalbach can also be an Officier des Arts et des Lettres, awarded by the French Ministry of Tradition.
She stars reverse rising actor Bardo Böhlefeld (“Jesus Cries,” “Darkroom”), who was nominated for greatest new actor at Munich in 2022 for “All Russians Love Birch Trees.” The ensemble solid additionally contains Ulrike Kriener, Noah Saavedra, Ronald Zehrfeld, Rainer Bock, Jannik Schümann and Sara Fazilat.
“Agnes & Amir” is produced by Fabian Halbig and Florian Kamhuber of Nordpolaris, in co-production with ZDF and Arte. It’s supported by MBB, FFF Bayern, MDM, FFA and DFFF.
The director of images is Aline László (“The Colony”), with music by Martin Kohlstedt (“A Higher Law”).
