Rio | SPC nabs "Easy Virtue"
by Ed Meza
Sony Pictures Classics has picked up Latin American rights to Rio screener “Easy Virtue,” the 1920s-set romantic comedy with dynamite disco tracks from Aussie helmer Stephan Elliot of "The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert" fame.
Starring Ben Barnes, Jessica Biel and Kristin Scott Thomas, pic is loosely based on the play by Noel Coward about a British aristocrat who falls for a brash and highflying American divorcee, much to the chagrin of his family. It is a long-awaited comeback for Elliot, who was forced to put his filmmaking career on hold for nearly a decade after suffering a near fatal ski accident in France.
Michael Jones is the film festival editor at Variety.com. 
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