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Cinema Guild Takes North America For Berlinale Title ‘My Wife Cries’
Cinema Guild has acquired North American distribution rights to Angela Schanelec’s German film *My Wife Cries*. The deal brings the director’s latest work to North American audiences after it premiered in competition at the Berlin International Film Festival and screened at the New York Film Festival.
The film follows Thomas, a crane operator, and his wife Carla, a nursery-school teacher, after he finds her grieving outside a hospital over the death of her dance partner. Their walk home reveals a secret that irreversibly divides the couple. Vladimir Vulevic and Agathe Bonitzer lead the cast; Schanelec also wrote and directed the film, which was produced by Blue Monticola Film with several co-production partners.
In short
- Cinema Guild acquired North American rights to *My Wife Cries*.
- Angela Schanelec’s film premiered in competition at Berlin.
- A couple’s walk home exposes a secret that changes their relationship.
Explained simply
Angela Schanelec is a German filmmaker whose films often focus on everyday encounters and the way people communicate. Her latest film centres on Thomas, a crane operator, and Carla, a nursery-school teacher, whose relationship changes after a death in Carla’s life brings a secret to light.
The film stars Vladimir Vulevic and Agathe Bonitzer, and was made by Schanelec with Blue Monticola Film and co-production partners. It first screened in competition at the Berlin International Film Festival, known as Berlinale, and later at the New York Film Festival. North American distribution makes the film available to cinemas and audiences in the United States and Canada.
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