Buyers hot for high-school drama Detachment starring Adrien Brody.

Celluloid Dreams has closed a number of deals on Tony Kaye’s drama Detachment, starring Adrien Brody.

Recent territories sold include Benelux (Wild Bunch), Italy (UBU), Middle East (Shooting Stars), Russia (CP Digital), Latin America (California), India (Pictureworks), Malaysia, Indonesia and Vietnam (PT Parkit) and Taiwan (Cineplex).

The Paper Street Films-Kingsgate Films production chronicles three weeks in the lives of several high school teachers, as seen through the eyes of a substitute teacher. Bryan Cranston, Christina Hendricks, Lucy Liu and James Caan co-star in the film, which had its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival in April.

Deals for the US (Tribeca Film), France (Pretty Pictures) and Canada (Mongrel Media) were previously reported.

Celluloid Dreams screens Detachment at the AFM from tomorrow.

Topics