Roadside buys “Bitter Harvest” Ukraine dramaAugust 10, 2016 - 18:05 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Roadside Attractions has acquired the U.S. rights to romance-drama “Bitter Harvest", starring Max Irons and Samantha Barks for a first-quarter release, Variety reports. George Mendeluk directed from a script he co-wrote with Richard Bachynsky-Hoover, focused on two lovers caught in Joseph Stalin’s effort to starve the Ukrainian people in 1932-33, also known as the Holodomor. Barry Pepper, Tamer Hassan and Terence Stamp also star. The film is produced by Ian Ihnatowycz, Stuart Baird, Mendeluk, Chad Barager and Jaye Gazeley. Ihnatowycz’ family survived the period and left for the U.S. in the 1940s. Dennis Davidson, Peter D. Graves and William J. Immerman serve as executive producers. “We loved that George and Richard wrote a story about a period of history that many people really don’t know about,” said Roadside’s Howard Cohen and Eric D’Arbeloff. “In partnering with Ian, who has such personal ties to the story, they were able to make the film as authentic as possible. We’re thrilled to help bring this film that holds so much relevance today to the U.S. audience.” Ihnatowycz said in a statement, “I am so happy to entrust ‘Bitter Harvest,’ my first and very ambitious foray into film making, to Howard and Eric. The film evokes huge emotions as it brings to life an extraordinary period of history. Their understanding of that was paramount to me in choosing Roadside as our domestic distributor.” Irons starred in “Woman in Gold” and Barks starred in “Les Miserables.” The deal was negotiated by Lawrence Meyers and attorney William J. Immerman on behalf of the filmmakers and Howard Cohen and attorney Greg Bernstein on behalf of Roadside Attractions. 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. |