As Berlin International Film Festival kicks off, TrustNordisk closes early deals on Pernille Fischer Christensen´s emotional drama SOMEONE YOU LOVE.
SOMEONE YOU LOVE has been sold to Australia and New Zealand (Madman Entertainment), Spain and Andorra (Golem), Benelux (Wildbunch), Korea (Atnine), Turkey and Cyprus (Umut Sanat Filmcilik) and Edko Films (Hong Kong).
Selected for Berlinale Special Gala, SOMEONE YOU LOVE will celebrate its world premiere in Berlin on Tuesday February 11th.
“When I first saw SOMEONE YOU LOVE, it affected me deeply. Pernille Fischer Christensen has with this film touched the core sentiment of being human. I believe that this is her most universal work to date and the sales to key distributors underlines the films quality and Fischer Christensen huge talent as a director. We have great expectations for the films sales potential in Berlin”, says Rikke Ennis, CEO at TrustNordisk.
Starring Mikael Persbrandt (IN A BETTER WORLD, 2010; THE HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG, 2013), Trine Dyrholm (IN A BETTER WORLD, 2010 and A ROYAL AFFAIR, 2012) and Birgitte Hjort Sørensen (BORGEN 2010-2013) SOMEONE YOU LOVE is Pernille Fischer Christensen´s rendition of an emotional drama and tells the story about a self-contained musician who gets a chance to redeem himself when a tragic incident turns his life upside down.
The trailer for SOMEONE YOU LOVE has just been released. To see the trailer, please click here.
SOMEONE YOU LOVE is written by Pernille Fischer Christensen and Kim Fupz Aakeson and produced by Sisse Graum Jørgensen and Vinca Wiedemann for Zentropa Entertainments16 ApS.
Sisse Graum Jørgensen and Vinca Wiedemann also produced Pernille Fischer Christensen´s previous film, A FAMILY. Vinca Wiedemann has also been attached as story supervisor on a number of Lars von Trier´s films including MELANCHOLIA (2011) and NYMPHOMANIAC (2013) while Sisse Graum Jørgensen´s track record as a producer includes Arce´s Academy Award-nominee A ROYAL AFFAIR (2011), Bier´s Academy Award-winning IN A BETTER WORLD (2010) and LOVE IS ALL YOU NEED (2012) and Vinterberg´s Academy Award-nominated THE HUNT (2013).
SOMEONE YOU LOVE is co-produced by Zentropa International Sweden, Film I Väst and FilmFyn with support from The Danish Film Institute, The Swedish Film Institute and Nordisk Film and TV Fond in collaboration with TV2 Denmark, SVT and with support from The Media Programme of the European Union.
Domestic release is set for April 24th 2014 through Nordisk Film Distribution.
TrustNordisk handles international sales.
For more information, download of stills etc., please click here.