'My Salinger Year,' a literary drama starring MargaretQualley and SigourneyWeaver that opened the 70th Berlinale film festival, has been picked up by IFCFilms
a literary drama starring Margaret Qualley and Sigourney Weaver that opened the 70th Berlin Film Festival, has been picked up by IFC Films for the U.S. market.
The Canadian-Irish indie, from director Philippe Falardeau, stars Qualley as an aspiring poet working as an assistant to literary agent Margaret . Qualley's main job is to answer fan mail directed to the agency's top writer, the notoriously secretive J.D. Salinger, author ofDouglas Booth co-stars. The film, based on the novel of the same name by Joanna Rakoff, debuted out-of-competition at Carlo Chatrian's first Berlinale.
"We look forward to collaborating with Phillippe once again, this time on the adaptation of a highly acclaimed memoir and an authentic New York story brought to life by excellent performances from breakout Margaret Qualley and Sigourney Weaver," Arianna Bocco, executive up of acquisitions and productions at IFC Films, said Tuesday in a statement.was produced by Canada's micro_scope and Parallel Films in Ireland.
The deal for the film was negotiated by Bocco, with UTA Independent Film Group and Memento Films International acting on behalf of the filmmakers.
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