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Viva Maestro, a documentary starring the charismatic music and artistic director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel, opened on a high note taking in $14,310 on two screens — Film Forum/NYC and The Landmark/LA. That's a PTA of $7,155 for the film directed by Ted Braun (Darfur Now, Betting on Zero) and…

Not since the late Leonard Bernstein has a conductor captured the imagination of the American public quite like Gustavo Dudamel. The Venezuelan-born phenom with the flashing baton and flying curls has been featured on 60 Minutes, profiled in The New Yorker, inspired a TV series (Mozart in the Jungle), and even been…

The face of five-year-old Aline looks weirdly mature and toothy as she crawls from under a table at a family wedding to belt out a song early in the film of the same name. French comedian and actress Valérie Lemercier, 58, wrote, directed and stars in Aline and it's her head on a body altered by special effects in…

Greenwich Entertainment has acquired U.S. distribution rights to writer and director Ted Braun's documentary ¡Viva Maestro!  from Participant Media. A theatrical release is planned for later this year. Cinephil is also repping foreign sales on the pic at EFM. ¡Viva Maestro! explores the artistry, beliefs and…