Swen acquires “The Bittersweet” Chinese action thrillerMarch 16, 2016 - 17:24 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Miami-based distributor Swen Group International has acquired multi-territory rights to “The Bittersweet”, a Chinese action thriller, starring Korean singer-actor Lee Min-ho, Variety reports. Swen acquired rights for North America, Latin America and most of Europe. Sales are handled by Hong Kong-based Fame Universal. The film sees Lee pitched opposite Zhu Xuan, from Yonfan’s “Prince of Tears.” An international crew including Australian cinematographer Wade Muller and Taiwanese production designer Chen Po-jen were brought on board to elevate the film’s look and feel. Lee, a former child star who enjoyed a long TV career, broke through into movies with his roles in “Running Man” and “The Howling.” He is one of several Korean actors and musicians eyeing bigger opportunities in the Chinese market. Last year, he spent two months taking an intensive Mandarin Chinese language course and in “The Bittersweet” performs songs in Chinese and Korean. 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 | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. |