Moonstone Boards Sales On European Spy Movie ‘Espionage For Beginners’ From ‘Nuremberg’ Producer

EXCLUSIVE: U.S. outfit Moonstone Entertainment has boarded global sales rights to pan-European spy movie Espionage for Beginners, starring Benett Vilmányi (The Brutalist), Daphne Patakia (Benedetta), Thibault de Montalembert (All Quiet On The Western Front), Julie Gayet (Raw), Renan Pacheco (Emily In Paris) and Zsolt Nagy (Control).

The Hungarian-Belgian-Spanish co-production is being led by Hungarian producer István Major for his company FilmSquad, which has Russell Crowe-Rami Malek starrer Nuremberg upcoming — the film was just picked up by Sony Classics — and is known for co-producing movies including Brady Corbet’s The Childhood Of A Leader and Slingshot.

Inspired by a true story from the mid-1970s set in Cold War Europe, the film follows W. György, a Hungarian hotel receptionist whose life takes an unexpected turn as he becomes ensnared in a web of love, espionage, and self-discovery.

Currently in post, the French and Hungarian language film is directed by Viktor Oszkar Nagy and written by Norbert Csala. The movie is backed by Creative Europe Media and the National Film Institute, Hungary. Gül Togay is creative producer and it is backed by co-producers Javier Toledo and Benoît Roland, along with executive producer Guillaume Benski.

“For me, one of the film’s core ideas is that happiness does not depend on external circumstances, nor does life improve simply by moving to another country or social environment. Wherever we go, we always bring ourselves along. Change does not come from the outside; it comes from within,” said director Nagy.