02/06/2006

Released to date only in German-speaking Switzerland, Vitus [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Christian Davi
interview: Fredi M. Murer
film profile] by Fredi M. Murer (see focus has been on screens for four months and garnered 160,000 admissions. Although it may have slipped somewhat in the box office ratings, the film is still in the Top 25. This record – in main part due to excellent reviews and word-to-mouth from music lovers and seniors – is good news for Vitus’ international career.

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Cologne-based sales outfit Media Luna Entertainment has already sold the film to several European territories, including France, Germany, Austria, Hungary, with agreements with the Benelux countries, Spain and Scandinavia expected to be signed. Other territories that have acquired the film include Japan, Korea and Israel, and negotiations with China are about to be concluded.

Brazilian and Mexican audiences will also have the opportunity to discover the director’s beautiful story, which recounts the relationship between a young piano virtuoso who refuses to give up his childhood for music and his grandfather (admirably played by Bruno Ganz).

(Translated from French)