Picturehouse finds Mihaileanu’s The Source

Picturehouse Entertainment, the UK distribution wing of Picturehouse Cinemas, has acquired Radu Mihaileanu’s Cannes competition entry The Source from EuropaCorp.

Picturehouse will release the comedy-drama on June 1, 2012.

Leila Bekhti stars in the Africa-set, battle-of-the-sexes story, which focuses on the plight of women in a small community, forced to fetch water from a high mountain spring in the blazing heat.

Clare Binns, director programming and acquisitions said: “Following the success of his first film, The Concert, Mihaileanu brings us this funny and beguiling story about female emancipation in North Africa. I think the film’s emotional warmth and beautiful setting will really strike a chord with audiences in the UK.”

The Source is Picturehouse Entertainment’s fifth acquisition. Romantics Anonymous is on release now.