EXCLUSIVE: Twenty-9 Palms Leisure, the brand new London-based worldwide gross sales and manufacturing firm launched by Edoardo Bussi final month, has unveiled Earlier than We Overlook as its first international acquisition for its upcoming Cannes slate.
The nostalgic, coming-of-age story marks the function directorial debut of Argentinian actor Juan Pablo Di Tempo (Mamma Mia!, Netflix’ Fuller Home), and Andrés Pepe Estrada, who’s greatest referred to as an award-winning editor on movies resembling Argentina, 1985 and Upon Open Sky).
Di Tempo stars as man wanting again on the moments that formed him, returning to recollections of his pupil days in Nineties Italy, to rediscover the friendships, heartbreaks, and quiet triumphs of youth. As the road between previous and current begins to blur, he understands that rising up by no means really ends, and that wanting again could be the one technique to transfer ahead.
Initially titled Duino, the Argentinian-Italian-U.S. co-production is lead produced by Di Tempo’s Momento Movies. It has participated in quite a few international festivals below its authentic title of Duino, most not too long ago the Miami Worldwide Movie Competition, selecting up viewers in addition to greatest function and director awards alongside the best way.
The deal was brokered between Di Tempo below his Momento Movies banner and Twenty-nine Palms Leisure Ltd by Michael Ryan, Government Producer and former associate at GFM.
Bussi is seeking to relaunch the movie for worldwide distribution and in addition sees the deal as the beginning of of larger artistic partnership with Di Tempo and Momento Movies.
“Juan and Andrés’s Earlier than We Overlook is a hanging and emotionally wealthy debut that revitalizes the coming-of-age style with a timeless sense of nostalgia and cinematic class,” he mentioned.
“Within the spirit of movies like Aftersun and Name Me By Your Identify, it captures the sweetness and ache of youth in a method that resonates deeply with audiences worldwide. This deal marks the start of an lively artistic partnership with Juan Pablo and his crew, with new initiatives already in dialogue—and we stay up for sharing extra with the trade very quickly.”
Di Tempo is joined within the solid of Earlier than We Overlook by Oscar Morgan (Gotham Knights, Peaceable), Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson (Succession, The Good Liar, She-Ra) and Sarah Parish (Mistresses, Chopping It and The Marriage ceremony Date).
The movie is produced by Di Tempo, Alvaro R. Valente (Bonnie, Mafia Mamma), Amanda Lenker Doyle and Guillermo Escalona (Individuals You Could Know) and Government produced by Norman Lear (Fried Inexperienced Tomatoes, The Princess Bride) and Brent Miller (One Day at a Time, Norman Lear: Simply One other Model of You).
Former Amazon MGM Studios and GFM Movies exec Bussi – whose credit embody movies by Simon West, Terry Jones, Christopher Jenkins, Lars Klevberg, Oz Perkins and Billy Porter – launched Twenty-9 Palms Leisure earlier this month.
The corporate will signify authentic productions in addition to initiatives developed in partnership with worldwide producers, together with London-based Kirby Wilkinson Image Firm (The Pugilist), Italian-based Studio X01 (Escort Membership), LA-based Twenty2 Movies (North Star) and Amsterdam-based World Movie Companions (Boychoir, Kidnapping Mr. Heineken,The Windmill).
