Memento Distribution (“Cairo Confidential”) has nabbed French rights to “The New Year That Never Came,” a film directed by Bogdan Muresanu which is world premiering at the Venice Film Festival.
The tragi-comedy is set in 1989, at the end Nicolae Ceaușescu’s regime, and follows multiple protagonists on the verge of a nervous breakdown, including an aspiring actress asked to perform in a propaganda-heavy TV special, two boys who are ready to flee, a woman whose entire life is literally about to collapse and a little boy who just sent a letter to Santa.
“The New
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