Sunrise Films has picked up U.S. distribution rights to “Mr. Blake at Your Service,” the France-set comedy-drama starring John Malkovich, Fanny Ardant and the late Émilie Dequenne, with plans for a June 20 theatrical launch.
The movie, also referred to as “Well Done!,” marks one in every of Malkovich’s uncommon French-speaking performances, with the actor taking part in Andrew Blake, a not too long ago widowed British businessman who takes a job as a butler at a countryside manor to remain related to recollections of his late French spouse. As Blake navigates the property’s quirky residents, he embarks on an sudden journey of therapeutic and rediscovery.
Ardant stars as Nathalie de Beauvillier, the manor’s reserved and eccentric woman, whereas Dequenne delivers one in every of her closing display screen performances as Odile, the spirited prepare dinner. The ensemble solid rounds out with Eugénie Anselin, Al Ginter, Anne Brionne and Christel Henon.
Bestselling writer Gilles Legardinier made his directorial debut with the variation of his 2012 novel “Complètement cramé!” Legardinier penned the screenplay alongside Cristel Henon. The movie is lensed by Stéphane Le Parc, with enhancing by Yves Deschamps and Chrystel Alépée, and an unique rating by Erwann Chandon.
Henon and Lilian Eche produced for Bidibul Productions alongside Superprod, with Legardinier serving as co-producer. Bidibul Productions most not too long ago produced the 2025 Palme d’Or winner “It Was Just an Accident” by Iranian director Jafar Panahi.
The movie had its U.S. premiere on the Newport Beach Film Festival in 2023, and has since rolled out theatrically throughout France, Spain, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal, Australia and New Zealand, with extra competition screenings worldwide.
“We are delighted to be bringing the incredibly charming ‘Mr. Blake at Your Service!’ to audiences in the U.S.,” mentioned Andrew Nerger, head of U.S. and worldwide distribution at Sunrise Films. “It captivated us from the moment we first screened it, and we hope audiences will fall in love with it just as we did when it premieres later this June.”