\n\tGast\u00f3n Solnicki\u2019s buzzy new film \u201cThe Souffleur,\u201d starring Willem Dafoe and world premiering in Venice Horizons, has found a home in Italy.<\/p>\n
\n\tMagnify has sold the film to Revolver & Madison Group for distribution in Italy. The company is planning a wide theatrical release for the movie next year. <\/p>\n
\n\tThe film has also been acquired by Filmladen in Austria.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\n\tAlong with Dafoe, the film stars Solnicki, newcomer Lilly Senn, Stephanie Argerich and Claus Philipp. The key crew includes cinematographer Rui Po\u00e7as (\u201cGrand Tour\u201d).<\/p>\n
\n\tAn Austrian production, \u201cThe Souffleur\u201d is produced by Gabriele Kranzelbinder and Paolo Calamita (\u201cMuseum Hours\u201d) for Vienna-based Little Magnet Films and KGP Filmproduktion, Eugenio Fern\u00e1ndez Abril for Primo (\u201cPeter Hujar\u2019s Day\u201d) and Solnicki for Filmy Wiktora.<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cWe are proud to represent such an original film in Italy, with a brilliant performance by Willem Dafoe,\u201d said Paolo Maria Spina at Revolver & Madison Group.<\/p>\n
\n\tDafoe stars as Lucius, a dedicated hotel manager, who, after working there for 30 years, finds out the building has been sold to an Argentine developer. With the help of his daughter and a handful of loyal employees, he clings to the life he\u2019s built. What follows is a crusade of detours, espionage and a paranoid struggle to preserve a vanishing world \u2014 and the only home he\u2019s ever known.<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cWe\u2019re delighted to team up with Revolver & Madison Group,\u201d said Magnify\u2019s head of global sales Austin Kennedy, who is attending the Venice Film Festival<\/a> and negotiated the deal with Paolo Maria Spina of Revolver & Madison Group. \u201c\u2019The Souffleur\u2019 is a true cinematic experience, and we can\u2019t wait for Italian audiences to experience it in theaters,\u201d Kennedy continued.<\/p>\n