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Producers Of ‘Madame Luna’ Express “Dismay” At Theft Of Project Lawsuit: “Universal Message Is Being Unfairly Tarnished By This Unnecessary Litigation”
Swedish-Eritrean filmmaker Binyam Berhane has filed a $2 million lawsuit against the producers of Daniel Espinosa’s Italy-set immigration drama Madame Luna ahead of its world premiere at the Rotter…
Swedish-Eritrean filmmaker Binyam Berhane has filed a $2 million lawsuit against the producers of Daniel Espinosa ’s Italy-set immigration drama Madame Luna ahead of its world premiere at the Rotterdam Film Festival this weekend. Berhane says the movie, inspired by a real-life Eritrean refugee who became a notorious human trafficker operating between Libya and Italy, is based on an original story and research he brought to lead producer David Herdies at his Stockholm-based company Momento Film in 2013. The complaint says the producer had continued to use the filmmaker’s name and image to support the production, citing a pitch at the MIA Coproduction market in 2017 and an article in 2022 announcing that Espinosa had boarded the project.
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