News out of Berlin has Sony Pictures Classics acquiring U.S. and Latin American rights to writer-director Claudia Llosa's Aloft. The drama stars Jennifer Connelly as Nana, a struggling mother who is able to establish herself as a respected healer and artist, but an investigative journalist sets in motion a reunion between Nana and her estranged son. We also have a bunch of first-look images from the film to share with you today.
Aloft also stars Cillian Murphy, Mélanie Laurent, Oona Chaplin and William Shimell. Hit the jump for more on the film and to check out the images.
Take a look at the first images from Aloft below, after the film's press release:
Berlin/New York (February 6, 2014) - Dreamcatchers announced today that Sony Pictures Classics have acquired all US and Latin American rights to Berlin competition title, ALOFT, written and directed by Claudia Llosa. Producers on the film include Jose María Morales on behalf of WANDA, Ibon Cormenzana on behalf of ARCADIA, Phyllis Laing on behalf of BUFFALO GAL and Jerome Vidal on behalf of NOODLES. This is Llosa's first English Language film. Her last film, MILK OF SORROW won the Golden Bear at the 2009 Berlin International Film Festival and was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 82nd Academy Awards.
Starring Jennifer Connelly, Cillian Murphy, Mélanie Laurent and William Shimell, ALOFT tells the story of a struggling mother, Nana Kunning (Connelly) and her evolution to becoming a renowned artist and healer. When a young journalist, Jannia (Laurent) tracks down Nana's son Ivan (Murphy) 20 years after she abandoned him, Jannia sets in motion an encounter between the two that will bring the very meaning of their lives into question.
The deal was negotiated between Executive Producer Mark Johnson, Dreamcatchers' Marina Fuentes and SPC.
"I speak in the name of the whole team of the film when I say that we are static that the SPC team will de distributing this film in US and Latin America. We couldn't have a better partner to take this film to the public" said Fuentes
"Since seeing MILK OF SORROW, we've been admirers of Claudia Llosa, so it is our pleasure to bring her first English Language film to audiences throughout the Americas, as well as, to be partnering with such a strong team of producers and our old friends at Dreamcatchers," said Sony Pictures Classics.
