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Venice’ Critics Week Title ‘Peacock’ Starring ‘All Quiet on the Western Front’ Actor Sells to Major Territories for MK2 Films (EXCLUSIVE)
MK2 Films has closed a raft of major deals on 'Peacock' which world premieres at the Venice Film Festival in the Critics' Week section.
“Peacock” marks the directorial debut of rising Austrian filmmaking Bernhard Wenger and is headlined by “ All Quiet on the Western Front ” star Albrecht Schuch. Wenger noted he had the idea of making a film about the subject after a research trip to Japan and that the character of Matthias was based on an agency employee he met there. The movie has sold to Pyramide (France), I Wonder (Italy), O Brother (Benelux), Another World (Scandinavia), Rosebud (Greece), New Horizon (Poland), Magic (CIS), Arthouse (Ukraine), Kino Pavasaris (Baltics), Catchplay (Taiwan) and Pictureworks (India and Airlines).
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