Venice Fest hit “Courted” sells across EuropeNovember 7, 2015 - 18:53 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Gaumont has racked up strong sales across Europe with Christian Vincent’s romantic drama “Courted”, which competed at Venice and scooped two awards for its star Fabrice Luchini and screenplay, Variety reports. Vincent’s follow-up to “Haute Cuisine,” “Courted” has sold to Studiocanal (U.K.), Spain (Surtsey) and Italy (Academy 2). Gaumont is now closing Poland and Turkey, among other territories. Gaumont had presold the pic ahead of its Venice premiere to Brazil (California), Canada (AZ Films), Switzerland (JMH), Greece (Oden), Benelux (Victory), Sweden and Denmark (Njuta) and Indonesia, Singapore and Thailand (Suraya). Produced by Mathieu Tarot’s Albertine Prods., “Courted” centers around the relationship between a tough yet revered criminal court judge (Luchini) and a woman (Sidse Babett Knudsen, “Borgen”) he’s quietly admired for years and who happens to be serving on a jury in a trial involving the death of a baby. Photo: Gaumont Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Your home is in Armenia – Ameriabank offers mortgage loans for the Diaspora To buy real estate, Diasporans can apply to Ameriabank online to buy, renovate or build a home anywhere in Armenia. Armenia-Qatar ties discussed in Doha The Secretary of Armenia’s Security Council met with the Deputy Secretary General of the National Security Council of Qatar. Surveying works underway in Armenia’s Kirants Surveying works are underway in the Armenian village of Kirants in the northern Tavush province. Armenia calls for prohibiting threats of attacks on nuclear facilities Armenia has raised the need for a treaty prohibiting attacks on nuclear facilities devoted to peaceful purposes. |