IFC Films has acquired U.S. distribution rights from HanWay Films on Rebecca Lenkiewicz’s “Scorching Milk,” starring Academy Award nominee Jessie Buckley, Fiona Shaw and Vicky Krieps.
Streaming service MUBI has additionally agreed a multi-territory deal for the movie within the U.Ok., Eire, Italy, Latin America and Turkey. In the meantime, HanWay has additionally offered the pic into Metropolitan Films (France), The Searchers (Benelux), Scanbox (Scandinavia), M2 (Jap Europe), A-One (Baltics), Entrance Row (Center East) and Shaw (Singapore).
The movie marks the directorial debut for acclaimed screenwriter Lenkiewicz, whose writing credit embrace Pawel Pawlikowski’s Oscar-winning “Ida,” Keira Knightley-led biopic “Colette” and the forthcoming Harvey Weinstein drama “She Stated.”
“Scorching Milk” is predicated on the bestselling novel by Deborah Levy and facilities on the connection between single mom Rose (Shaw) and her daughter Sofia (Buckley), who journey to southern Spain with a view to see a medical guide which may yield solutions to Rose’s thriller sickness that’s put her in a wheelchair.
However within the sultry ambiance of a sun-bleached city, Sofia, who has been trapped by her mom’s sickness all her life, lastly begins to shed her inhibitions, enticed by the persuasive charms of enigmatic traveller Ingrid (Krieps). Sofia’s elevated freedom turns into an excessive amount of for her controlling mom, and their relationship simmers with pent-up resentments and bitterness, threatening to tear the delicate threads that maintain them collectively, and main them to a dramatic conclusion.
Buckley was nominated for a finest supporting actress Oscar earlier this yr for her efficiency in Maggie Gyllenhaal’s “The Misplaced Daughter,” primarily based on the Elena Ferrante novel, which handled a equally complicated relationship between a mom and her daughters.
“Scorching Milk” was developed by Bonnie Prods. along with Film4 and is produced by Christine Langan and Kate Glover. Govt producers are Farhana Bhula, Ollie Madden and Daniel Battsek for Film4.
Heads of manufacturing embrace cinematographer Christopher Blauvelt (“Emma,” “First Cow”), costume designer Sophie O’Neill (“The Outfit,” “Ali & Ava”), manufacturing designer Maxine Carlier (“Everyone’s Speaking About Jamie,” “Fish Tank”), editor Lucia Zucchetti (“The Queen,” “Ratcatcher”) and make-up and hair designer Nicole Stafford (“Males,” “The Loss of life of Stalin”).
The cope with IFC was negotiated between HanWay Films managing director Gabrielle Stewart with IFC Films president Arianna Bocco and senior VP of acquisitions Scott Shooman for the Bonnie Prods. characteristic.