EFM’s ‘All Of A Sudden’ goes to Neon for North America

In the company’s first major deal out of this weeks EFM in Berlin, Neon has acquired North American rights to Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s All Of A Sudden. 

Currently in post-production after shooting in Paris and Kyoto, the drama stars Virginie Efira and Tao Okamoto in the story of the bond between a Japanese theater director and the head of a French care home. 

Hamaguchi wrote the script, loosely inspired by real letters published in Makiko Miyano and Maho Isono’s book When Life Suddenly Takes a Turn, in collaboration with Léa Le Dimna. 

David Gauquié, Julien Deris, Jean-Luc Ormières and Renan Artukmaç produced for Paris-based Cinefrance Studios; Hiroko Matsuda, Kosuke Oshida, Yuji Sadai for Japan’s Office Shirous & Bitters End; Bettina Brokemper for Germany’s Heimatfilm; and Joseph Rouschop for Belgium’s Tarantula. 

Cinefrance began international sales at the EFM, with Bitters End selling Asia. The film will be distributed by Diaphana in France and Bitters End in Japan.

All Of A Sudden is Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s follow-up to Evil Does Not Exist and 2021 Oscar winner Drive My Car.

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