Global Trio ‘The Settlers’, ‘Inshallah A Boy’ & ‘Driving Madeleine’ Hit Arthouses In Quiet Week For New Openings – Specialty Preview
deadline.comIn a lull for specialty openings early in the new year, three foreign-language films are taking a shot. The Settlers, winner of the Cannes Un Certain Regard FIPRESCI Prize, and Inshallah A Boy are Cannes alumns and Oscar submissions from, respectively, Chile and Jordan (neither short-listed in a competitive field). Driving Madeleine is a crowd pleasing French film. The Settlers is a western presented by Mubi in limited release at the IFC Center/NY and Laemmle Royal/LA.
The debut feature by writer-director Felipe Galvez is a frontier epic set at the turn of the 20th century as three horsemen set out across the Tierra del Fuego archipelago tasked with securing a wealthy landowner’s vast property.
Accompanying a reckless British lieutenant and an American mercenary is mestizo marksman Segundo, who comes to realize their true mission is much darker.
Stars Mark Stanley, Camillo Arancibia and Benjamin Westfall. Screenplay by Galvez and Antonia Girardi. The latest U.S. theatrical release from the global streaming service, producer and parent of The Match Factory, will expand to additional markets throughout January. Inshallah A Boy from Greenwich Entertainment by first-time director Amjad Al Rasheed, opens at the Film Forum in NYC.
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