Belvaux's '38 Witnesses' to spread out Rotterdam

The planet preem of helmer Lucas Belvaux's crime drama "38 temoins" (38 Witnesses) will open the Rotterdam Film Festival on Jan. 25. With different novel by Didier Decoin, pic involves Louise (Sophie Quinton), who returns home following a business travel to uncover her street was the scene of the crime. Initially there seem to be no witnesses, but with time she discovers that 38 people heard or saw something which evening, including her husband Pierre (Yvan Attal). It is the eighth feature in the Belgian helmer, who works mainly from France, and the second collaboration with Attal after kidnap drama "Rapt" last year. World sales are addressed by Films Distribution, with Diaphana set to distribute in Gaul. Rotterdam shuts February. 4 with helmer Daniel Nettheim's mental drama "The Hunter," starring Willem Dafoe like a mercenary, sent with a shadowy biotech company to Australia to search the final Tasmanian tiger. In line with the eponymous novel by "Sleeping Beauty" helmer Julia Leigh, pic preemed in the Toronto Film Festival. Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com