Early in the EFM, the Coproduction Office has sealed a raft of high-profile deals for Austrian director Ulrich Seidl’s Golden Bear contender, Rimini.
The film has been bought by Sovereign (UK), Neue Visionen (Germany), Xenix (Switzerland), Filmin (Spain), Vertigo (Hungary), Must Kasi (Baltics), Demiurg (former Yugoslavia), Piano (Mexico) and Falcon (Indonesia). Stadtkino will release the film in Austria.
Rimini tells the story of a faded pop star, now squeezing out whatever money and adulation he can from his fans in the Italian coastal town. Trapped between permanent intoxication and concerts for busloads of tourists, his world starts to collapse when his adult daughter returns to his life, asking for money.
Seidl wrote and directed the film which is produced by Philippe Bober and Michel Merkt. The cast is led by Michael Thomas, Tessa Göttlicher, Hans-Michael Rehberg, Inge Maux, Claudia Martini and Georg Friedrich.
The film is a co-production between Ulrich Seidl Filmproduktion and Essential Films and Parisienne de Production. The backers include the Austrian Film Institute and the Vienna Film Fund.
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