Strand Releasing has acquired all US rights from Films Boutique to Peter Greenaway’s fact-based drama.
The film received its world premiere in competition in Berlin and centres on Soviet filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein’s romance with a local male guide while shooting Que Viva Mexico in Guanajuato in 1931. Elmer Back and Luis Alberti star.
Jon Gerrans of Strand Releasing negotiated the deal with Jean-Christophe Simon of Films Boutique.
Strand plans for a late 2015 / early 2016 release after the North American premiere at the Seattle International Film Festival.
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