David Linde's Good Machine International has closed a slew of deals on Jodie Foster's next directorial picture Flora Plum starring Russell Crowe and Clare Danes. Entertainment Film Distributors will take the picture in the UK, Bac Films in France, LaurenFilm in Spain and Paradiso in Benelux. The film was set up by and will be distributed domestically by USA Films.

The film has also gone to Vision in Poland, Discovery in ex-Yugoslavia, AIPI in Bulgaria, Prisvideo/Ecofilmes in Portugal, Rosebud in Greece, Italia Film in Middle East, Associated Euromedia in Turkey and Skifan in Iceland.

Crowe plays a reclusive circus performer who befriends a young trapeze artist (Danes) who will stop at nothing to become star of the local circus.