Outsider takes U.S., Canada on 'Finisterrae'

Outsider Pictures has acquired all U.S. and Canadian privileges to Sergio Caballero's comedy drama "Finisterrae," offered by Buenos Aires' FilmSharks Intl. A L.A.-based telemarketer and distributor, delivering films within the U.S., Canada and Latin America, Outsider aims to create moviegoers probably the most original tales from all over the world, based on its mission statement. Winning a Tiger Award for debut feature in the 2010 Rotterdam Festival, pic activates two Russian ghosts, who walk the St. James Method to Finisterrae, a cape in northwest The country, so that they can rejoin the land from the living. Pic is peppered with surreal moments which appear to spoof highbrow artfilms. "Finisterrae" is created by Luis Minarro's Barcelona-based Eddie Saeta, co-producer of Cannes Palme d'Or champion "Uncle Boonmee," and among the driving forces behind left-of-area filmmaking in Europe. Inside a separate deal closed in the Rome Festival's Business Street, Inmovision has acquired Brazilian privileges to Argentinean Marcos Carnevale's "Widows." Argentina's greatest late-summer time local hit, grossing $1.9 million for BVI from the August. 18 bow, "Widow" toplines a couple of the nation's best-regarded as stars, Graciela Borges ("The Hands") and Valeria Bertuccelli ("A Boyfriend For My SpouseInch) within the story from the widow of the guy who grudgingly takes care of his mistress, now pregnant together with his child. Created by Fernando Sokolowicz and Disney co-possessed Patagonik, "Widows" has sparked distributor curiosity about the U.S., Japan, France and The country, stated FilmSharks' Guido Rud. Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com