Paolo Sorrentino Wins In Cannes After All

Paolo Sorrentino has won after all, maybe not the Palme D’Or, but Cannes is a huge film market and The Greatest Beauty, La Grande Bellezza, has already been sold to 20 countries and a deal with the US is coming soon,

In an article translated from cinemafanpage.it :

After having received so much applause at Cannes but no prize, Paolo Sorrentino has nevertheless had some good news: his film has already been sold in 20 countries and deals with others are in the works.

After the applause at The Cannes Film Festival and affirmation from the public, even if he didn’t bring anything home, there is good news for Paolo Sorrentino. “La Grande Bellezza, is, in fact, sold in 20 countries and the distribution seems destined to grow. For now the confirmed countries are: Germany, Australia, England, Portugal, Greece, Brazil, Israel, Canada, Benelux (Belgium, The Netherlands and Luxembourg), Switzerland Austria, New Zealand, Bulgaria, Romania, Norway, Denmark, Poland, Japan, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia.

Offers are expected in the next few days from parts of the US (not Cleveland, I presume) and from France. It’s truly a great satisfaction for Italian Cinema and we hope that we can return to the grandeur of Fellini, De Sica, and the days when Italy lead the way in Cinema.

More news from The Hollywood Reporter: Sorrentino will return home to Naples for his next movies. “For me, it’s been very stimulating to tell stories about topics I don’t know, but now I feel it’s time to return to my city because I am starting to forget.”