Mark Dornford-May's inventive adaptation transplants Georges Bizet's French opera Carmen, about a femme fatale who leaves a string of devastated men in her wake, to modern-day South Africa.
Lorber has set a March 28 platform release in New York's Film Forum, where the film will initially run for two weeks before expanding. The ultimate plan is to screen U-Carmen in at least 30 US cities.
'We've been pursuing the acquisition of this film for two years since Berlin,' Lorber said. 'It was a surprise win that came from left-field, and after much persistence we were able to work out a deal.
'It's a unique alignment of familiar music with the exoticism of a South African township, a world we've all heard about but rarely get to see. It has a lot of heart and is a fabulous film.
'We hope it will continue to earn the critical acclaim and audience plaudits that marked its Berlinale screening.'
Lorber sealed the deal with Fortissimo's Michael Werner.
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