Company buys North American rights to horror flick

BERLIN -- Vicious Circle Films, the horror label of Breaking Glass Pictures, has picked up the North American distribution rights for horror flick "Sympathy" from Shoreline Entertainment.

The film, directed by Andrew Moorman and starring Marina Shtelen and Aaron Boucher, follows a reckless bank robber and his teenage hostage as they hole up in a bad motel for the night.

Vicious Circle has already set its sight on an April 27 release.