Lars von Trier's The Boss Of It All will makes it North American premiere at Montreal'sFestival du Nouveau Cinema, which runs from October 18 to 28.

The film will have its worldpremiere at the Copenhagen International Film Festival in September.

The Danish-language comedy, which stars such von Trierregulars as Peter Gantzler and Jean-Marc Barr, tells the story of a techcompany owner who created a ficitious president on whom to blame bad news.

But when he wants to sell the company, potential buyers wantonly to negotiate with the non-existent president. So the owner hires astruggling actor to play the president.

The film is distributed in Quebec by Seville Pictures.