Properly Leisure has picked up world rights to director Ate de Jong’s romantic drama “My Nation Coronary heart,” which options 17 authentic songs.
“We’re thrilled to be representing ‘My Nation Coronary heart.’ The movie affords wonderful authentic music, uplifting romance and is definite to seek out its stride with world audiences,” Vanessa Shapiro, Properly’s CEO mentioned in a press release. “Moreover, Director Ate de Jong is an unimaginable filmmaker with a powerful profession. His hit comedy ‘Drop Useless Fred’ is now thought to be a groundbreaking image dealing deftly and comically with complicated points.
“With ‘My Nation Coronary heart,’ De Jong has once more made a cutting-edge movie that takes an unorthodox take a look at bold younger artists struggling to face the compromises required within the powerful world of present enterprise. However De Jong brings out the idealism and romance of the story, whereas taking a scathing take a look at the realities of right this moment’s actuality TV.”
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“My Nation Coronary heart” co-writer and co-producer Steven Gaydos, a veteran screenwriter and Hollywood journalist whose earlier credit embrace Monte Hellman’s Venice Competition Golden Lion winner, “Highway to Nowhere,” obtained a profession achievement award earlier this 12 months at Fantasporto, the place it premiered in competitors underneath the title “Coronary heart Strings.”
The movie follows two younger singer-songwriters struggling to make it huge within the aggressive world of American nation music and, in further to its authentic songs, has a rating by composer Randy Edelman and a theme music carried out by the Bellamy Brothers.
“We needed to make a movie that might communicate to younger audiences right this moment who’re dealing with intense challenges in each their non-public and private lives,” De Jong mentioned. “Since Properly Leisure emerged lower than 5 years in the past as a significant producer and distributor of movies which are splendidly entertaining, values-driven and considerate, we’re assured that ‘My Nation Coronary heart’ will attain that key viewers right here in America and around the globe.”
