EXCLUSIVE: Cinedigm has picked up North American rights to the acclaimed French thriller 'Our Father, the Devil' (Mon père, le diable)
. The indie will be released in theaters later this year, with an exclusive streaming release on the company’s indie discovery platform Fandor to follow.Our Father, the Devil
stars Babetida Sadjo as Marie, the head chef at a retirement home in small-town France. Her easy day-to-day life spent caring for residents, hanging out with her co-worker and best friend Nadia , and teasing a potential new romance is disrupted by the arrival of Father Patrick , an African priest whom she recognizes from a terrifying episode in her homeland.
The film produced by Foumbi and Joseph Mastantuono world premiered at the 2021 Venice Film Festival and has since won top prizes at festivals including Tribeca, Mill Valley, Hamptons, Sidewalk, Tallgrass, New Orleans, Heartland, Indie Memphis and Palm Springs, to name a few.for the release of my first feature,” Foumbi told Deadline. “This project was a labor of love on so many fronts and its distribution is no exception.
“Couching emotionally heavy material in suspenseful genre pleasures shows just how sophisticated and psychologically nuanced OUR FATHER, THE DEVIL truly is,” added Cinedigm’s Director of Programming, Aaron Hillis. “Ellie Foumbi is a fierce new talent and let me call my shot now to say: I believe one day she’ll win an Academy Award.”on behalf of Cinedigm, with UTA on behalf of the filmmakers.
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