Netflix Makes Worldwide Rights Deal For Kornél Mundruczó-Directed Venice & Toronto Drama ‘Pieces Of A Woman’

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Netflix has closed a worldwide rights deal for the Kornél Mundruczó-directed drama Pieces Of A Woman. The film made its World Premiere at Venice and its Toronto premiere comes today at the TIFF Bel…

. The film made its World Premiere at Venice and its Toronto premiere comes today at the TIFF Bell Lightbox. This is the second big festival deal for Netflix, as yesterday it acquired worldwide rights to the Halle Berry-directed Bruised, and MMA drama she stars in that is being shown as an in progress cut at Toronto.

, Shia LaBeouf, Molly Parker, Sarah Snook, Iliza Shlesinger, Benny Safdie, Jimmie Falls, and Ellen Burstyn star in a searing drama about the implosion of a marriage after a couple’s infant daughter dies shortly after birth. Best known for directingRelated StoryKirby today was named winner of the Coppa Volpi for Best Actress.

Said Mundruczó: “As a European filmmaker, I couldn’t be more excited and appreciative of finding my home for this film with Netflix. Their taste in independent cinema feels like the United Artists of the 1970s. The true champions of filmmakers and original voices for today.” When an unfathomable tragedy befalls a young mother , she begins a year-long odyssey of mourning that touches her husband , her mother , and her midwife . Kata Wéber wrote the script. Martha is a tightly wound executive and Shawn a construction worker with a volatile past. They have found love across a class divide and are eagerly expecting their first baby.

Pic is produced by Kevin Turen and Ashley Levinson for Little Lamb Productions, and Aaron Ryder. The exec producers are Martin Scorsese, Sam Levinson, Stuart Manashil, Viktoria Petranyi, Jason Cloth, Richard McConnell, Suarj Maraboyina for Creative Wealth Media, Aaron Gilbert for BRON Studios, and Steven Thibault.When Scorsese boarded as exec producer he told Deadline “It’s lucky to see a movie that takes you by surprise. It’s a privilege to help it find the wide audience it deserves.

 

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