Exclusive: France tv distribution has acquired world sales rights for Romuald Boulanger’s upcoming bio-pic Mansour, capturing the journey of celebrity tennis player Mansour Bahrami’s from post-Revolutionary Iran, to exile and poverty in France, and then fame on the international circuit.
Iranian actor Amir Jadidi, who is best known internationally for his lead performance in Asghar Farhadi’s 2021 Cannes Grand Prix winner and Oscar-nominated drama A Hero, will play Bahrami.
Romuald Boulanger directs and produces under the banner of his Paris and L.A.-based company R-Lines Productions with UK-based Unconditional Pictures.
Unconditional Pictures’s co-founder and co-head Dawn McDaniel wrote the screenplay with Philippe de Lyon taking co-writing credits
Iran-born Bahrami, 68, is a popular figure on the international tennis tournament circuit for his entertaining playing style and extraordinary life story.
Born in Iran in the 1950s, he taught himself to play tennis...
Iranian actor Amir Jadidi, who is best known internationally for his lead performance in Asghar Farhadi’s 2021 Cannes Grand Prix winner and Oscar-nominated drama A Hero, will play Bahrami.
Romuald Boulanger directs and produces under the banner of his Paris and L.A.-based company R-Lines Productions with UK-based Unconditional Pictures.
Unconditional Pictures’s co-founder and co-head Dawn McDaniel wrote the screenplay with Philippe de Lyon taking co-writing credits
Iran-born Bahrami, 68, is a popular figure on the international tennis tournament circuit for his entertaining playing style and extraordinary life story.
Born in Iran in the 1950s, he taught himself to play tennis...
- 4/29/2024
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Ok fans of Stephen Dorff and Val Kilmer, don't forget to check out the upcoming premiere of "Xiii" this Sunday on NBC. The story of Xiii will unfold in a special 2-night movie event premiering this Sunday (2/8) at 9pm on NBC and concluding the following Sunday (2/15). See the gallery now! Show information: "Xiii" is a high-stakes cat-and-mouse thriller starring Stephen Dorff ("World Trade Center"), Stephen McHattie ("Watchmen"), Jessalyn Gilsig (NBC's "Heroes"), and Val Kilmer ("The Doors"). The adrenaline-charged miniseries begins dramatically as the first female U.S. president is shot dead by a sniper during her Veteran's Day speech. Three months later, a wounded man is found tattered in a forest with no memory of his identity. The only clue is a tattoo on his neck -- "Xiii." Could his lightning-fast reflexes and killer instincts betray him as the presidential assassin that the U.S. is desperately searching for? Submerged in a far-reaching conspiracy,...
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