Hella W directed by Juha Wuolijoki, has been picked up by Guido Rud's FilmSharks International, acquiring worldwide rights outside of Scandinavia to the the Finnish film. Sandrew Metronome Distribution will handle Scandinavian distribution to the follow-up to Christmas Story, a box office success in Finland, reports Variety. Hella W is set between 1920 and 1954, and tells the true story of Hella Wuolijoki, a woman entrepreneur as well as playwright and politician. Story follows her ostracism at the hands of Finland's intelligentsia, which disliked the popularity and incendiary politics of her plays. Many of those plays are no regarded as being modern classics.
- 3/28/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Hella W directed by Juha Wuolijoki, has been picked up by nm3009810 autoGuido Rud[/link]'s FilmSharks International, acquiring worldwide rights outside of Scandinavia to the the Finnish film. Sandrew Metronome Distribution will handle Scandinavian distribution to the follow-up to Christmas Story, a box office success in Finland, reports Variety. Hella W is set between 1920 and 1954, and tells the true story of Hella Wuolijoki, a woman entrepreneur as well as playwright and politician. Story follows her ostracism at the hands of Finland's intelligentsia, which disliked the popularity and incendiary politics of her plays. Many of those plays are no regarded as being modern classics.
- 3/28/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
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