The Next Big Thing: The Leisure Seeker from Paolo Virzì

This road trip movie will make Virzì known and loved all over America.

14372309_10210521732500544_4633108312080061756_o — Our friend, author Stephen Amidon (Human Capital) is working on the screenplay with Virzì. Here he is, on the set, reminding me about how much I loved Stuckey’s pecan logs!

Sony Pictures Classics has acquired The Leisure Seeker for the US, Latin America, Asia.

“The Leisure Seeker looks to be a major 2017 find,” said the SPC hierarchy. “This is a rich story that promises career-best performances from Helen Mirren and Donald Sutherland. We look forward to bringing Paolo Virzi’s film to audiences in the United States and around the world.”

If you haven’t watched Virzì’s HUMAN CAPITAL (IL CAPITALE UMANO) yet, do it today!

globi-doro-virzi-ramazzotti-645 — Paolo Virzì and the Mrs. (Michela Ramazzotti)