EXCLUSIVE: Altered Innocence has picked up all North American rights to the Locarno competition title Astrakan, the debut feature from filmmaker David Depesseville.
The pic will screen at New Directors / New Films, MoMA and the Film Society of Lincoln Center’s annual film festival and is being prepped for a Summer 2023 theatrical release.
Altered Innocence describes the film as a coming-of-age tale about “adoption, first love, and family secrets,” with an unexpected formal left turn.
The full synopsis reads: Samuel is a wild-looking twelve-year-old orphan who has been placed with a nanny, Marie, for several weeks.
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