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EXCLUSIVE: Greenwich Entertainment has picked up North American distribution authorities to Fernando Eimbcke’s Olmo.
Greenwich will merchandise nan movie successful theaters crossed nan U.S. connected August 7.
Eimbcke co-wrote nan movie pinch Vanessa Garnica. The task was produced by Plan B and Teorema. It premiered successful nan Panorama conception astatine nan Berlin Film Festival successful 2025 earlier screening astatine Toronto, Deauville, San Sebastián, and nan London Film Festival.
The film’s synopsis reads: “Olmo conscionable wants to beryllium a normal teen and bent retired pinch his champion friend, but he must thief attraction for his sick father. When Olmo gets invited to a statement by his beautiful neighbor, he will do immoderate he tin to meet up pinch her while embarking connected an escapade of mischief, laughs, and chaos. As nan nighttime unfolds, he whitethorn travel to emotion nan very spot he’s spent truthful agelong trying to escape: his home.”
Olmo was produced for Plan B by Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner (Moonlight) and for Teorema by Michel Franco and Eréndira Núñez Larios (Dreams). The acquisition was negotiated by Greenwich’s Andy Bohn pinch CAA Media Finance representing nan filmmakers.
“I’ve ever been drawn to stories astir increasing up – nan joy, nan playfulness, nan pain, nan disorder – it is not a coincidence that almost each my movies impact characters who are kids,” Eimbcke said successful nan statement.
“On Olmo, I was fortunate capable to constitute nan book pinch Vanesa Garnica, 1 of my champion friends since we were 14 years aged increasing up successful Mexico. We shared a emotion of euphony and John Hughes movies, and because of this, we had specified a beautiful shorthand. Our criteria to determine if thing worked was simple: if it made america laugh, it stayed. Even much truthful if it made america cry. With Olmo, we wanted to represent nan afloat spectrum of adolescence, including each nan beauty and heartbreak that tin travel pinch it, arsenic good arsenic item nan bonzer circumstances that mean families look each day. We’re excited to beryllium moving pinch Greenwich to stock nan movie pinch U.S. audiences this summer.”
Global Constellation is representing world income connected nan film. Olmo will person a merchandise successful Japan later this twelvemonth via STARCAT Entertainment and done HBO successful Eastern Europe, and Latin America done Amazon Prime.
