Berlinale Competition Film ‘Music’ Finds U.S. Distribution With Cinema Guild (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comAmerican distribution following its world premiere at the Berlin Film Festival. Cinema Guild will release the film in theaters following its North American festival premiere later this year.
The film tells the story of a a pair of wayward young people who abandon theirnewborn child on a stormy night in the mountains of Greece.
Taken in by a family of farmers, Jon grows up without knowing his father or mother. Years later, after a tragic accident, he is sent to prison, where he meets Iro.
The two form a connection, expressed through music, that will, by turns, haunt them and uphold them the rest of their days. Freely inspired by the story of Oedipus, Schanelec’s latest is as terrifying as myth and as gentle as a folk song. “With Music, Angela Schanelec continues to explore the profound pain that comes with beingpart of a family and the beauty that allows us to continue in spite of it,” said Cinema Guild’s headof theatrical Tom Sveen. “It’s a great privilege to share her work with audiences and we can’twait for fans to experience this quietly colossal achievement,” Sveen continued.
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