Music Box Films has acquired North American rights to “The Pilgrim-Paulo Coehlo’s Best Story”, a biopic about the best-selling writer sold by Picture Tree Intl., which is screening the title at Berlin Festival.

Written by Karolina Kotscho, and produced by Brazil’s Iona de Macedo and Kotscho and Spain’s Angelica Huete, the fiction feature debut of Daniel Augusto narrates Coelho’s spiritual journey, taking in a flirtation with death, escape from madness and making Brazilian rock and roll history.

The buy is a typical purchase for Music Box, with a strong and highly eclectic line in international buys, ranging from auteurist drama (“Monsieur Lazhar”) to gross-out comedy (“Torrente 4”), breakout international hits (“The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo”) and exquisite European arthouse, such as the Oscar-nominated “Ida.”

“The Pilgrim” will make its international premiere at March’s Miami Intl. Film Festival.