EXCLUSIVE: Cohen Media Group has swooped on US rights to Les Cowboys ahead of tomorrow’s screening in Toronto’s Discovery strand.

Les Cowboys

Thomas Bidegain, who wrote the screenplay to Palme d’Or winner Dheepan as well as Jacques Audiard’s Rust And Bone and A Prophet, makes his feature directorial debut.

Les Cowboys premiered at Cannes in Directors’ Fortnight back in May and tells of an Old West enthusiast in modern day France who embarks on a 16-year odyssey to track down his daughter who has run away and converted to Islam.

Cohen Media Group plans a second quarter 2016 release after SVP John Kochman negotiated with Muriel Sauzay of Pathe, which represents international sales at TIFF.

Les Cowboys will screen again at Toronto on Tuesday (Sept 15).

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