The Irishman by Martin Scorsese, starring Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci and Al Pacino, perhaps the most sought-after title at the Cannes Film Market, was bought for Italy by Lucky Red. “For us it was a question of pride, the recognition of a piece almost 30 years in the making about a hitman,” said Andrea Occhipinti, the founder of Italy’s biggest independent distributer. 

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In addition to the previously-announced winner of the Grand Prix, It's Only the End of the World [+lire aussi :
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In addition to Palme d’Or winner I, Daniel Blake [+lire aussi :
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Microcinema and Film 9 Srl bought The Handmaiden, the latest film by Park Chan-Wook, which was shown in competition at Cannes and is based on the book Ladra by Sarah Waters. Notorious Pictures, meanwhile, has announced that it bought 11 films at the Cannes Film Market, “all of which are characterised by high levels of artistic content and significant commercial potential”, pointed out Guglielmo Marchetti, the president and CEO of Notorious. “These films were made on budgets that were on average higher than films we have bought in the past and feature casts with some very famous faces, and we believe they will allow us to take a huge leap forwards from our previous offering”. Marchetti is referring in particular to Hostiles by Scott Cooper, starring Christian Bale, Rosamund Pike and Wes Studi; Escobar, a drama/biopic by Fernando Leon de Aranoa starring Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz; Black Butterfly, a thriller by Brian Goodman starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Antonio Banderas, which Notorious is also executive producer for; Official Secrets, a British political thriller by Justin Chadwick starring Natalie Dormer, Paul Bettany, Martin Freeman, Harrison Ford and Anthony Hopkins; and Amy Winehouse by Kristen Sheridan, starring Noomi Rapace as the singer. The films will be distributed in Italian theatres between in either 2017 or 2018. 

Last but not least, I Wonder Pictures bought three fictional films and two documentaries for the 2016/2017 season. Glory [+lire aussi :
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