2 weeks ago
EXCLUSIVE: Vantage Media has acquired North American distribution authorities to nan romanticist play movie Prisoners of Paradise — formerly known arsenic Ambleside — from Vaneast Pictures.
Lined up for an August 2026 release, nan movie is group successful 1925 Mauritius and follows Lucy Gladwell, a precocious orphaned young female sent from England to unrecorded nether nan guardianship of her uncle, wherever she defies expectations and societal constraints by falling successful emotion pinch a section laborer, Krishna.
Directed by Mitch Jenkins and written by Jason Wingard, Alan Govinden, and Jenkins, nan movie stars Ellie Bamber (Nocturnal Animals), alongside Rhona Mitra (Underworld: Rise of nan Lycans), Rupert Penry-Jones (The Batman), JJ Field (Captain America: The First Avenger), Mehdi Dehbi (Messiah) and Edward Akrout (Rodin).
Producers are Alan Govinden, Maria Govinden and Julia Govinden of AMG International and Paula Crickard of Atelier 11.
It has been thing of an epic roadworthy to surface for nan project, which initially changeable successful 2020, during nan Covid pandemic. At that clip it was known arsenic Prisoners Of Paradise but past became known arsenic Ambleside and past changed backmost to its original sanction this year.
The film, 1 of nan astir high-profile to sprout connected nan land of Mauritius, is based connected nan caller Prisoner of Paradise by Romesh Gunesekera, nan Booker Prize-nominated author, and inspired by nan lives of nan producers Alan and Maria Jesus Govinden.
The woody was negotiated by Jessica Russo COO, Productions & Acquisitions astatine VMI / Vantage Media and Danielle Gasher, CEO of Vaneast Pictures.
The movie had its world premiere astatine nan Boston Film Festival and went connected to triumph 7 awards, including Best Film. Vaneast is continuing income astatine nan Cannes market.
“Prisoners of Paradise is precisely nan benignant of movie we beryllium to champion, we were instantly drawn to Prisoners of Paradises’ affectional extent and timeless storytelling,” said Kellie Mutch, President of North America Distribution astatine Vantage Media. “It’s a visually stunning and profoundly resonant movie that speaks to cosmopolitan themes of love, identity, and defiance. Ellie Bamber delivers a capacity that will specify her arsenic a awesome world prima and we’re excited to present North American audiences to this uncommon powerful story.”
Danielle Gasher, CEO of Vaneast Pictures, added: “Prisoners of Paradise is a once-in-a-generation emotion story, calved from a spot of heavy individual meaning and brought to nan surface pinch bonzer beauty and care. Vantage Media has embraced this movie pinch nan passion and strategical imagination it deserves. Together we are going to present North American audiences to a communicative they will not forget, group successful a paradise they person ne'er seen connected surface before. We’re thrilled to beryllium partnering pinch a squad that has believed successful this title from nan very beginning.”
