‘Small Talk,’ a Nuanced Take on Switzerland’s Last Finishing School, Boarded by Urban Sales (EXCLUSIVE)

Lady Diana attended a Swiss finishing school in 1978. 50 years later, what do they have to teach daughters of the social elite? Locarno title ‘Small Talk’ delivers an answer 

By John Hopewell

John Hopewell

Chief International Correspondent

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Locarno-bound title “Small Talk,” a doc-fiction portrait of the power dynamics at play among the daughters of the world’s social elite, has been picked up for international sales by the Frédéric Corvez led Urban Sales. 

The Paris-based sales agency will bring “Small Talk” to market at Switzerland’s Locarno Festival where it was announced Thursday as part of Filmmakers of the Present.

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