Berdugo's Cite pushes out 'Son'

PARIS -- Raphael Berdugo, former who is the owner of Roissy Films, among France's flagship production-sales houses, is within business. Playing off a Friday screening within the Unifrance Paris Rendez-vous, Berdugo's new Paris-based shingle Cite Films licensed Lorraine Levy's "Another Boy" to Italy's Teodora. Haut et Court, producer-entrepreneurs of Palme d'Or winning "The Course,In . will handle French distribution of "Boy," a Jerusalem-set identity drama of a youthful Israeli who discovers his parents were Palestinian. Starring Emmanuelle Devos, Pascal Elbe, Jules Sitruk and Mehdi Dehbi, "Son's" French release is skedded for March 28. The deals mark the initial major-territory pacts round the Cite production. In the one-two move Berdugo states he'll make an effort to repeat on other game game titles. Cite both co-produced "Boy" -- with Rapsodie Production -- and reps worldwide sales rights, establishing both the very least guarantee for sales, plus co-production equity. Cite pre-offered "Boy" on its script to top-notch arthouse entrepreneurs in Benelux (Cineart), Europe (Frenetic) and Canada (Seville), normally one of the greatest areas to fall on French game game titles given operator French-speaking populations. Berdugo licensed Sweden (Tri Art Films) at Paris and reviews "strong interest" from Germany, U.K., Australia and Belgium. "Boy" reps an even more serious turn for Levy ("The First Time I Used To Be 20") after her male divorcee romancer "Mes Amis, mes amours" in 2008. Berdugo left Roissy within the finish of June three years after he offered it for 28 million ($35.7 million) to Luc Besson's EuropaCorp. At Roissy he produced and offered Nadine Labaki's "Caramel" and Emanuele Crialese's "Respiro." Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com