EXCLUSIVE: The Match Factory has unveiled a raft of deals for Jim Jarmusch’s upcoming feature Father Mother Sister Brother ahead of its world premiere in Competition at the Venice Film Festival.
Ahead of the film’s Venice debut, it has sold to Italy (Lucky Red), Spain (Avalon Distribucion Audiovisual), Portugal (Nos Lusomundo), Greece (Cinobo), Poland (Gutek Film), Hungary (Cirko Films), Romania (Bad Unicorn), Former Yugoslavia (MCF MegaCom Film), Czech Republic & Slovakia (Aerofilms), Middle East & North Africa (Front Row Filmed Ent.), South Korea (Andamiro Films), and Hong Kong (Edko Films).
As previously announced Mubi has acquired all rights in North America, Latin America, UK, Ireland, Benelux*, Turkey and India. In a new detail, it has been revealed Cinéart will release the film in Benelux in collaboration with Mubi.
Written and directed by Jarmusch, Father Mother Sister Brother gathers a starry ensemble cast featuring Tom Waits, Adam Driver, Mayim Bialik, Charlotte Rampling, Cate Blanchett, Vicky Krieps, Sarah Greene, Indya Moore, Luka Sabbat, and Françoise Lebrun.
Constructed in the form of a triptych, the movie tells three stories exploring relationships between adult children, their somewhat distant parent (or parents), and each other. Each of the three chapters takes place in the present, and each in a different country.
Father is set in the Northeast U.S.; Mother in Dublin, Ireland; and Sister Brother in Paris, France. The film is billed “as a series of character studies, quiet, observational and non-judgmental – a comedy but interwoven with threads of melancholy.”
Father Mother Sister Brother was produced by Charles Gillibert, Joshua Astrachan, Carter Logan and Atilla Salih Yücer.
The film is presented by Mubi, Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello and The Apartment (a Fremantle Company), in association with Jarmusch’s badjetlag and Gillibert’s CG Cinema, Cinema Inutile, Films du Losange and Weltkino.
In Ireland, Hail Mary Pictures co-produced and finance was provided by Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland. Lenders were Cofiloisirs and Three Point Capital. Production companies are badjetlag, CG Cinema and Hail Mary Pictures in association with Saint Laurent Productions and MUBI.
Jarmusch was joined on the feature by directors of photography Frederick Elmes (The Dead Don’t Die, Paterson) and Yorick Le Saux (Only Lovers Left Alive, Personal Shopper) and production designers Mark Friedberg(Joker, Paterson)and Marco Bittner-Rosser(Only Lovers Left Alive, Tár).
Editing was led by Affonso Gonçalves(I’m Still Here, Paterson); costume design was by Catherine George (Mickey 17, We Need To Talk About Kevin); artistic creator for Saint Laurent was Anthony Vaccarello; sound design was by Robert Hein(The Dead Don’t Die, Ad Astra), casting by Ellen Lewis (Killers of the Flower Moon, The Dead Don’t Die). Music is by Jarmusch and Anika.
Jarmusch is represented by Bart Walker of The Gersh Agency and Victoria Cook and Hayden Goldblatt at Frankfurt, Kurnit, Klein & Selz.
The Match Factory also represents the director’s library, which includes Coffee and Cigarettes (2003), Night on Earth (1991), Down by Law (1986), Stranger Than Paradise (1984), Permanent Vacation (1980) and more.
The Venice Film Festival runs from August 27 to September 9.
