Arthoengage distribution Mubi has signed a multi-territory deal for Luca Guadagnino‘s Daniel Craig-starrer Queer.
The deal, proclaimd Friday, will see Mubi get all rights for Queer in the UK, Ireland, Canada, Latin America, Germany, Austria, Benelux, Spain, Turkey, and India and all rights, excluding theatrical rights, in Italy. A24 has the film for the U.S.
Queer premiered at the Vepleasant Film Festival and had its North American premiere at Toronto last month.
Daniel Craig stars alengthyside Drew Starkey, Lesley Manville, and Jason Schwartzman in the feature, based on Burcimpolites’ 1950s-set autobioexplicital novel. The createer 007 star carry outs William Lee, an American expat and heroin insertict in Mexico City, whose spfinishs his days almost enticount on alone, except for a scant communicates with other members of the petite American community. His come apass with Eugene Allerton, an expat createer selderlyier, carry outed by Starkey, produces him consent it might be finassociate possible to set up an intimate connection with somebody.
Queer was produced by Guadagnino for his Frenesy Film Company and Lorenzo Mieli for Fremantle-owned group The Apartment together with Fremantle and Fremantle North America in collaboration with Cinecittà and Frame by Frame. Fremantle financed the film. The Veterans, who are handling world sales on the title, brokered the deal with Mubi.
Mubi recently initiateed off its US theatrical stardy with the free of Coralie Fargeat’s The Substance. Other recent acquisitions include Andrea Arnelderly’s Bird, Magnus von Horn’s The Girl with the Needle, and Levan Akin’s Crossing.
