French sales powerhouse Charades Films, which is attending Mia Market in Rome this week, has acquired international rights to Emma Dante’s third feature “Misericordia.” The film will premiere in competition at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival on Nov. 11, and will hit theaters via Teodora on Nov. 16 in Italy.
Charades also handled Dante’s last feature, “The Macaluso Sisters,” which was in Venice Competition in 2020 and won the Pasinetti Award. Dante’s feature debut, 2013’s “A Street in Palermo,” was also in Venice Competition and won the best actress award for Elena Cotta’s performance.
“Misericordia” is set in Sicily’s Contrada Tuono, a seaside village with stone huts, surrounded by waste and debris. Behind it, a majestic mountain. This is where Arturo (Simone Zambelli) was born and where his mother died giving birth to him.
Betta (Simona Malato) and Nuccia (Tiziana Cuticchio), with the help of young Anna...
Charades also handled Dante’s last feature, “The Macaluso Sisters,” which was in Venice Competition in 2020 and won the Pasinetti Award. Dante’s feature debut, 2013’s “A Street in Palermo,” was also in Venice Competition and won the best actress award for Elena Cotta’s performance.
“Misericordia” is set in Sicily’s Contrada Tuono, a seaside village with stone huts, surrounded by waste and debris. Behind it, a majestic mountain. This is where Arturo (Simone Zambelli) was born and where his mother died giving birth to him.
Betta (Simona Malato) and Nuccia (Tiziana Cuticchio), with the help of young Anna...
- 10/13/2023
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
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