Rai Trade Bolsters Catalogue

SANTA MONICA/MILAN,
November 10: Rai Trade has taken on worldwide sales for the Italian/French
co-production Ex, a romantic comedy,
directed by Fausto Brizzi, set in Rome, Paris and New Zealand.

The new film from
Brizzi—whose previous film, Night
Before the Exams, grossed more than 13.5 million euros at the box office,
is due for a February 14, 2009, release in Italy.

Rai Trade made the
announcement at the AFM, where it signed a deal with Japan's Alcine for Pupi
Avati's Giovanna’s Father. Also at
the market, Rai Trade screened Bad Girls,
directed by Matteo Rovere, and is in final negotiations for sales to Spain,
Germany, Mexico and Scandinavia.

—By Mansha Daswani