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With ticket sales slumping after Chinese New Year, Beijing s regulators have begun granting last-minute permission for imported movies to open in March. Persian Lessons will test China s market for emotionally potent foriegn indie filmmaking, which had been on the rise prior to the pandemic.
Vadim Perelman s modestly budgeted holocaust drama
Persian Lessons has been set for release in China on March 19 in the shadow of James Cameron s surprise
The well-regarded Belarusian-Russian film will pose a test of China s market for emotionally potent foreign indie filmmaking, which had been growing steadily before the disastrous onset of the pandemic.
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The Beijing-based company is sticking with a recently signed distribution deal for the Laurence Fishburne-starring action thriller despite the recent loss of the film s other lead, Nick Jonas.
Pierre Morel’s upcoming action thriller
The Blacksmith, which recently lost its star Nick Jonas due to a scheduling conflict, has a deal in place for the important China market.
Beijing-based distributor Infotainment China Media picked up rights to the film ahead of Berlin s European Film Market and plans to stick with the project despite the casting change-up.
The Blacksmith was one of the biggest and buzziest projects to emerge from last summer s Cannes Virtual Market, where it sold out to much of the world. Directed by