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Brazilian World Sales Company O2 Play Nabs Marcelo Gomes’ ‘Portrait of a Certain Orient’ Ahead of Rotterdam Premiere (EXCLUSIVE)
O2 Play has taken world sales rights to Marcelo Gomes’ 'Portrait of a Certain Orient' ahead of the film's premiere at the Rotterdam Film Festival.
Founded by Igor Kupstas in 2013, O2 Play has theatrically released over a hundred films in Brazil, including Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s “Drive My Car,” Martin Scorsese’s “The Irishman” and, most recently, Sofia Coppola’s “Priscilla.” Speaking exclusively to Variety ahead of the film’s premiere, Gomes says he was attracted to Hatoum’s novel due to it being “unfilmable,” going on to explain he appreciated the idea of adapting a book featuring several streams of consciousness. This was vital to the director because, in the book, the Brazilian city of Manaus is described as a Babylon, with immigrants coming from countries such as Spain, Portugal and Lebanon to work in the region’s many plantations and factories.
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