EXCLUSIVE: Canadian distributor Photon Films has picked up Richard Linklater’s Cannes hit Nouvelle Vague and the festival’s Un Certain Regard winner Pillion.
The former is the French-language dramedy that follows the production of Jean-Luc Godard’s classic film, Breathless. Starring are Guillaume Marbeck, the celebrated Parisian photographer making his feature debut as Godard, Zoey Deutch (The Politician) as Jean Seberg, and Aubry Dulin as Jean-Paul Belmondo.
The movie will be released during awards season. The deal was negotiated by Sardé Hardie and Mark Slone for Photon Films and Antoine Guilhem for Goodfellas. As we first revealed, Netflix has U.S. rights.
Writer-director Harry Lighton’s debut Pillion, based on the 2020 novel Box Hill by Adam Mars-Jones, stars Harry Melling (The Queen’s Gambit) as Colin, a timid man who meets a confident biker gang leader, Ray (Alexander Skarsgård), who initiates him into a submissive relationship, challenging Colin’s mundane existence and prompting personal growth through their unconventional dynamic.
The deal was negotiated by Sardé Hardie and Mark Slone for Photon Films and Carla Quarto di Palo for Cornerstone. A24 has U.S. rights. Release plans are still in discussions.
