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RAI Sells Genovese’s “Sound of Something New” at Cannes

5/13/2026

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RAI Cinema International Distribution sold rights to Paolo Genovese’s film “The Sound of Something New” at Cannes Marché du Film.
The film, produced by Lotus Production of the Leone Film Group with RAI Cinema, is in post-production.
Sales secured distribution in Spain, Poland, Hungary, Greece and Cyprus, and the Balkans.
Genovese’s 2016 comedy “Perfect Strangers” holds a Guinness World Record for most remade movie, with 24 remakes earning about $400 million.

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RAI Cinema International Distribution sold rights to Paolo Genovese’s film “The Sound of Something New” at Cannes Marché du Film.
The film, produced by Lotus Production of the Leone Film Group with RAI Cinema, is in post-production.
Sales secured distribution in Spain, Poland, Hungary, Greece and Cyprus, and the Balkans.
Genovese’s 2016 comedy “Perfect Strangers” holds a Guinness World Record for most remade movie, with 24 remakes earning about $400 million.