Franz Rogowski Starrer ‘Lubo’ Lands U.S. Sale For True Colours (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comNick Vivarelli International Correspondent U.S. specialty distributor Shadow Distribution has taken North American rights to Italian director Giorgio Diritti’s ethnic cleansing drama “Lubo,” toplining Franz Rogowski, from Italy’s True Colours. “Lubo,” which launched from the 2023 Venice Film Festival, features Rogowski (“Passages”) playing a young man who belongs to a group of Yenish nomads, and in 1939 is forced to serve in the Swiss military under threat from the Nazi army.
Upon hearing that his children, due to their ethnicity, have been taken away by Swiss authorities — who also killed his wife while she opposed them — Lubo defects from the army and spends the next 30 years searching for his kids.
Italy’s Valentina Bellé, known for the Disney+ series “The Good Mothers” and a European Shooting Star at this year’s Berlinale, also stars in the drama as a young woman named Margherita with whom Lubo has an affair. “It is an honor and a pleasure to take on this magnificent film for North America,” Shadow’s president, Ken Eisen, said in a statement. “We were struck by ‘Lubo’s’ depth and ambition and, of course, transfixed by the central performance of Franz Rogowski.” The North American deal follows previous sales made by True Colours on “Lubo” to a dozen territories including Spain (Filmin), Brazil (Imovision), Portugal (Outsider) and Taiwan (Swallow Wings). “Lubo” is a co-production between Italy’s Indiana Production, Arancia Film, RAI Cinema and the Swiss company Hugo Films.
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