EXCLUSIVE: UK-France sales outfit Alief has picked up international sales on Lithuanian filmmaker Jurgis Matulevičius’ Tallinn prize winner China Sea.
The true story-inspired psychological drama follows a martial arts champion, played by Marius Repšys, who accidentally injures a girl on the street and is expelled from the sports federation.
Producers are Lithuania’s Ieva Cern and Stasys Baltakis, with Taiwan’s Amy Ma. Co-producers are Poland’s Marta Gmosinska, Mariusz Wlodarski and Czech Republic’s Jakub Košťál and Vratislav Šlajer.
China Sea won the best film award in the critics’ picks competition at Tallinn.
Further cast includes Jag Huang, Severija Janusauskaite, Sonia Yuan and Vaidotas Martinaitis.
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