Antonia Banderas Film ‘Mare Nostrum’ Picked Up by Buena Vista International for Latin America (EXCLUSIVE)

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“Mare Nostrum,” the upcoming feature starring Antonia Banderas and from award-winning Argentinian writer-director duo Mariano Cohn and Gastón Duprat (“Official Competition,” “The Distinguished Citizen”), has been acquired by Buena Vista International for theatrical and all media distribution in Latin America.

HanWay Films is selling the film at the American Film Market.

Continuing his collaboration with the filmmakers after the critically acclaimed “Official Competition,” Banderas will star as the Captain, at the helm of a giant commercial container ship carrying a billion-euro cargo from Istanbul to Cape Town. His unvetted decision to rescue a dinghy of refugees from a storm quickly snowballs into an international political crisis when no European country will let them dock. According to the synopsis, “as his profile escalates amid empty cries of support, the Captain navigates quite the odyssey with a bizarre cast including the Prime Minister of Spain, activists, coast guards, an international rock star, a hard-nosed corporate lawyer, marine insurance brokers and an all-ages band of African refugees.”

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