IFC Films Takes North American Rights To Karlovy Vary Sci-Fi ‘Vesper’ Starring Eddie Marsan, Rosy McEwen
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: IFC Films has acquired North American rights to sci-fi thriller Vesper (formerly known as Vesper Seeds) directed by Lithuania’s Kristina Buozyte and France’s Bruno Samper.The film will premiere next month in the Crystal Globe Competition of the 56th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.
Cast includes Raffiella Chapman (The Theory Of Everything), Eddie Marsan (Sherlock Holmes), Rosy McEwen (The Alienist) and Richard Brake (Game Of Thrones).Set after the collapse of the Earth’s ecosystem, the film follows Vesper (Chapman), a headstrong 13-year-old girl who uses her survival skills to subsist in the remnants of a strange and dangerous world with her ailing father, Darius (Brake).
When Vesper finds a mysterious woman, Camellia (McEwen), alone and disoriented after an aerial crash, she agrees to help find her missing companion in exchange for safe passage to the Citadel – the dark central hub where oligarchs live in comfort thanks to state-of-the-art biotechnology.
Vesper soon discovers that her brutal neighbor, Jonas (Marsan), is searching for Camellia, who is harboring a secret which could change all of their lives forever.
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