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Memento Distribution Nabs Venice Horizons Title ‘The New Year That Never Came’ for France (EXCLUSIVE)
Memento Distribution has nabbed French rights to 'The New Year That Never Came' which is premiering at the Venice Film Festival.
The tragi-comedy is set in 1989, at the end Nicolae Ceaușescu’s regime, and follows multiple protagonists on the verge of a nervous breakdown, including an aspiring actress asked to perform in a propaganda-heavy TV special, two boys who are ready to flee, a woman whose entire life is literally about to collapse and a little boy who just sent a letter to Santa. “The New Year That Never Came” is represented in international markets by Sébastien Chesneau’s banner Cercamon and is produced by Kinotopia and All Inclusive Films. Alexandre Mallet-Guy, the founder of Memento Distribution, said the Romanian film was “not only a great political and historical film, but also a true tragicomedy where you can witness the fall of Ceausescu and the communist regime from the inside through the eyes of ordinary people who don’t yet know that they are about to experience an extraordinary moment.”
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