EXCLUSIVE: Picture Tree International inks multiple deals on Paulo Coelho biopic.

Andreas Rothbauer’s Picture Tree International has seen strong demand for Daniel Augusto’s The Pilgrim, with deals closing in Poland (Kino Swiat), CIS / Baltics  (Luxor Entertainent), Czech / Slovak Republic (Cinemart), Hungary (Anjou Lavayette), Former Yugoslavia (2i Film) and South Korea (Micon).

Deals with Spain, Italy, Turkey, Taiwan and France are pending.

Daniel Augusto’s biopic chronicles acclaimed writer Paulo Coelho’s rise from troubled youth to one of the most influential writers in Brazilian history.

Picture Tree has also sold comedy Fuck Me Goethe, Suck Me Shakespeare to Future Film Group for Scandinavia and A-Z Films for French speaking Canada.

The huge Czech box office success opens in France on November 13 with Italy and Spain releases in early 2015.

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