EXCLUSIVE:CAA Media Finance has purchased North American sales rights for the folk-thriller InlandMark Rylance stars in,
Billed as a “modern folktale,” the film explores a young man’s fractured identity after his mother’s mysterious disappearance. He is guided by a father figure, and old friends who care deeply. His journey through the rural spaces of England leads him to the realization that he has lost his mother in ways he never expected.
InlandFridtjof Ryder is the film’s director. The film had its World Premiere at the 66th BFI London Film Festival, where it featured in the festival’s Official Selection category. The film has also been longlisted for 5 awards at this year’s British Independent Film Awards (BIFAs).
Rylance is also Executive Producer of the project. He stars alongside Rory Alexander (Kathryn Hunter), Eleanor Holliday(Alexander Lincoln), Alexander Lincoln, Nell Williams and Shaun Dingwall.
Henry Richmond, Louis Paine, Fridtjof Ryder, and Toby Cook produced the film along with Fablemaze. Fatcontman. Dva Films. Shakespeare Road. Zebrafish Media. Trudie Stiles, Sam Tromans and Zak Brilliant are the executive producers.
Wide, a Paris-based sales representative representing pic.
Mark Rylance spoke out about the film: “This film wakes me at night. It contains a very old connection to the Green Man rituals of Carnivale when someone would dress up as the Green Man and emerge from the deep forest to rampage through the town. This version is really scary and powerful, as it should be. There is a beautiful expression of the unconscious energy of nature in man. It reminds me of Eraser Head and Blue Velvet and films I loved but don’t see many of anymore. I am disturbed and excited by it at once.”
In Deadline’s review, Anna Smith described InlandAs a “remarkable calling card with performances to savor.”