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‘September’ Marks Global End in US
As foreign fare begins to redefine its niche in the states, Koch Lorber Films, best known for their straight to DVD library of contemporary international fare, has signed on as US distributor of A Few Days in September aka Quelques jours en septembre. The film was an official selection in Venice has been picked up for distribution internationally previously, but Lorber’s decision marks its US debut.
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As foreign fare begins to redefine its niche in the states, Koch Lorber Films, best known for their straight to DVD library of contemporary international fare, has signed on as US distributor of A Few Days in September aka Quelques jours en septembre. The film was an official selection in Venice has been picked up for distribution internationally previously, but Lorber’s decision marks its US debut.
The flick is set in September 2001 and focuses on the disappearance of Elliot, an American CIA agent who has top-secret information regarding the immediate future of the world. Irene ( Juliette Binoche ), a French agent who once worked with the missing man, teams up with Elliot’s children, including the daughter he abandoned 10 years previous, to search for him. The group is chased however, by William ( John Turturro ), a poetic psychotic who runs them from Paris to Venice before the climax on September 11, 2001.
The film marks the directorial debut for Santiago Amigorena whose extensive writing creds extend to include Days. The film traveled the globe in small territories and festivals before hitting on the US distribution deal.
