Joe Cortese and Julia Ormond Indie Dramedy ‘Here’s Yianni!’ Boarded by Motion Picture Exchange, Launching Sales at AFM (Exclusive)

The Los Angeles-based Motion Picture Exchange has acquired worldwide sales rights on dramedy “Here’s Yianni!” starring Joe Cortese, Julia Ormond and Rosanna Arquette. They will be launching sales on the indie title during the American Film Market this week.

Cortese (“Green Book”) plays the titular character in the feel-good film, which is based on the true story of writer-director Christina Eliopoulos’s father. Cortese plays a Greek diner owner who is living with dementia and imagines himself as a late-night talk show host.

Ormond (“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”) plays Yianni’s wife Plousia in the film. Arquette (“Pulp Fiction”), Kevin Pollak (“A Few Good Men”) and Colleen Camp (“American Hustle”) also star.

Yianni and Plousia have spent 40 years running their beloved seaside Greek diner, which serves as a warm hub of laughter, stories, food and community. When Yianni begins slipping into a dreamlike world where he imagines himself…