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Variety reports that Film Movement has picked up U.S. distribution rights to Radu Jude's "The Diary of a Chambermaid," marking the Romanian director's first feature in French. The film, which premiered in Cannes Directors' Fortnight, was represented in the deal by SBS International's Kevin Chneiweiss alongside Film Movement president Michael Rosenberg. Saïd Ben Saïd produced through his Paris-based SBS Productions.
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