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EXCLUSIVE: Greenwich Entertainment has acquired North American authorities for Lance Hammer’s Queen astatine Sea pursuing its critically acclaimed, prize-winning premiere astatine nan 2026 Berlinale.
Juliette Binoche co-stars arsenic azygous mother Amanda who is squeezed betwixt raising her teenage girl and caring for her Alzheimer’s-afflicted mother (Anna Calder-Marshall), other Tom Courtenay arsenic her stepfather.
The brace conflict arsenic they grapple pinch questions complete who is responsible for nan mother now that is incapable of making captious decisions. Is it her spouse, kid aliases an institution?
The play won nan Berlinale’s Silver Bear Jury Prize and nan Silver Bear for Best Supporting Performance for Courtenay and Calder-Marshall.
Deadline professional Damon Wise praised nan lead performances for helping nan assemblage to navigate “the friendly and amazingly analyzable civilized maze” astatine nan bosom of nan film.
Greenwich are readying a North American show circuit circuit for nan characteristic this autumn up of an awards play motorboat pinch nationwide theatrical merchandise later this year.
Queen astatine Sea was nan first characteristic successful 18 years for Hammer, who antecedently made waves pinch Ballast. He was besides joined connected nan task by Oscar-nominated cinematographer Adolpho Veloso (Train Dreams).
“I’m very excited to activity pinch nan bonzer squad astatine Greenwich for nan merchandise of Queen astatine Sea,” said head Lance Hammer.
“They genuinely get nan film, they understand nan affectional and civilized subtleties of its subject, a taxable that touches almost each family successful immoderate nonstop aliases peripheral way, and their ideas for reaching this ample but infrequently tapped assemblage are smart and exciting. Greenwich is an perfect partner to coming Queen astatine Sea to nan world.”
Queen astatine Sea was produced by Tristan Goligher for The Bureau (45 Years, Supernova). The acquisition was negotiated by Greenwich’s Andy Bohn pinch CAA Media Finance and The Match Factory representing nan filmmakers.
