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from www.variety.com – Continuing to offer an international springboard for edgier American fare, Gallic shingle Rezo is handling worldwide rights outside North America to “Cherry,” the directing debut of U.S. novelist Stephen Elliott.

ICM is repping North American sales rights.

“Cherry” stars Ashley Hinshaw, James Franco, Heather Graham, Lili Taylor and Dev Patel. Pic follows a woman’s experiences in the porn industry in San Francisco. Graham plays a porn director, Franco a cocaine-addicted lawyer.

Screenplay is by Elliott, known for books such as his drug and angst memoir “The Adderall Diaries,” and adult industry vet Lorelei Lee.

“Cherry” challenges assumptions about porn, sexuality, and success, and faces the difficult question of where you need to be in order to find yourself,” said Sebastien Chesneau, Rezo’s head of international.