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Sundance Competition Title, Indian LGBTQ Drama ‘Cactus Pears,’ Lands MPM Premium for International Sales (EXCLUSIVE)
Sales outfit MPM Premium has acquired international rights to Indian LGBTQ drama 'Cactus Pears' ahead of its world premiere at Sundance.
Paris-based sales outfit MPM Premium has acquired international rights to “ Cactus Pears ” (Sabar Bonda), the feature directorial debut from India’s Rohan Parashuram Kanawade, ahead of its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, where it is in the world cinema dramatic competition. The Marathi-language film follows Anand (Bhushaan Manoj), a 30-something city dweller compelled to spend a 10-day mourning period for his father in the rugged countryside of western India, where he tenderly bonds with a local farmer Balya (Suraaj Suman) struggling to stay unmarried. MPM Premium’s current slate features French romantic comedies “Vanishing Goats,” “This Charming Girl” (presented at the RDV de Paris), Latin thrillers “Fine Young Men” and “A Yard of Jackals,” as well as festival favorites “Red Path,” “Something Old Something New Something Borrowed” and “The Antique.”
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