Shout! Studios has picked up the North American rights to Natalie Morales' drama Language Lessons, which also stars and is written by Mark Duplass.
Actress-turned-director Morales debuted Language Lessons at the Berlin Film Festival and earned the audience award at the SXSW Film Festival.
The film follows Adam (Duplass), whose husband surprises him with a gift of a year’s worth of weekly Spanish lessons. But when tragedy strikes, his teacher Carino (Morales) becomes a lifeline he didn’t know he needed, and the two develop an unexpected and complicated emotional bond.
Shout! Studios has secured all distribution rights in North America and plans a theatrical launch later this year to being a strategic cross-platform rollout.
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