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EXCLUSIVE: Greenwich Entertainment has acquired North American distribution rights to Went Up The Hill directed by Samuel Van Grinsven (Sequin in a Blue Room).
The POP Film and Causeway Films manufacturing stars Vicky Krieps (Phantom Thread) and Dacre Montgomery (Stranger Things).
Pic had its world premiere on the Toronto International Film Festival and Greenwich will launch the movie in theaters subsequent summer time.
The synopsis reads: “Abandoned as a child, Jack (Dacre Montgomery) travels to remote New Zealand to attend the funeral of his estranged mother Elizabeth. There he meets her widow, Jill (Vicky Krieps), who has questions of her own. Over the nights that follow, Elizabeth returns and possesses Jack and Jill, using each of their bodies to speak to the other. Caught in a life-threatening nocturnal dance, Jack and Jill must find a way to relinquish Elizabeth’s hold before she pushes them to the edge.”
The psychological drama impressed by author/director Samuel Van Grinsven’s reminiscences of his childhood in New Zealand’s South Island.
Went Up The Hill was produced by Vicky Pope, Samantha Jennings, and Kristina Ceyton with principal manufacturing funding from the New Zealand Film Commission and Screen Australia, and assist from Screen CanterburyNZ, Create NSW, Spectrum Films, Stage 23, RM Sound, Head Gear Films, Vendetta Films, Fulcrum Media Finance and the New Zealand Government’s Screen Production Grant.
Greenwich’s Andy Bohn negotiated the acquisition with CAA Media Finance and Bankside Films on behalf of the filmmakers.
Grinsven mentioned: “Following our beautiful launch in Toronto, it’s a thrill that Greenwich will now bring Went Up The Hill to cinemas. I cannot wait for U.S. audiences to see both Vicky and Dacre’s haunting performances in these truly unique roles.”
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