Shout! Studios has acquired North American rights to Language Lessons, the drama that marks the feature directing debut of Natalie Morales.
She co-stars with Mark Duplass, who also penned the script. The pic, which had its world premiere at this year’s Berlin Film Festival and won an audience award at SXSW, will now hit theaters and additional platforms later this year as part of the deal that includes digital, VOD, broadcast, and home entertainment rights.The film centers on Adam (Duplass), whose husband surprises him with a gift of a year’s worth of weekly Spanish lessons.
But when tragedy strikes, his teacher, Cariño (Morales), becomes a lifeline he didn’t know he needed and the two develop an unexpected and complicated emotional bond.Th
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