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While everybody wonders when a domestic distribution deal will be locked for Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu’s Javier Bardem-starrer Biutiful, another film that premiered at Cannes has gotten a deal. Sony Pictures Classics bought North American rights to Life, Above All, the Oliver Schmitz-directed film that was awarded the Francois Chalais Prize for films dedicated to the values of life affirmation and journalism. An adaptation of the 2005 Allan Stratton novel Chanda’s Secrets, the film focuses on a young South African girl who fights to rescue the people she loves. SPC chiefs Michael Barker and Tom Bernard made the deal with Munich-based sales company Bavaria Film International. Barker and Bernard had a productive Cannes, also acquiring Mike Leigh’s Another Year and the Xavier Beauvois-directed Of Gods and Men, which also unspooled in competition.
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I am glad that Sony Classics is picking up so many films. It is doing a great service to those of us who love foreign and independent films. But, I, too am wondering why it is taking so long to Biutiful to get a US distribution deal. Many lesser films have already gotten deals. I don’t know much about how these things work. I just want to see Biutiful. It has the potential to at least get a best actor nomination for Bardem. I hope that we hear something soon. If anyone could shed some light on what is going on that would be great.
I am so glad that Sony picked up this film. I am a teacher, and a huge fan of Chanda’s Secrets by Allan Stratton, the young adult novel which this film is based. I’m still looking to find a theater out in the Chicago/Milwaukee area that will play it. Or hopefully will come out on DVD soon. It’s a great story about growing up, facing the truth, family, and the many issues associated with HIV/AIDS in sub saharan Africa. I am truly excited!