{"id":43068,"date":"2019-09-20T16:09:00","date_gmt":"2019-09-20T14:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mk2films.com\/?p=43068"},"modified":"2019-09-20T16:09:00","modified_gmt":"2019-09-20T14:09:00","slug":"music-box-films-acquires-the-darkly-comic-french-drama-sibyl-by-director-justine-triet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mk2films.com\/en\/music-box-films-acquires-the-darkly-comic-french-drama-sibyl-by-director-justine-triet\/","title":{"rendered":"Music Box Films acquires the darkly comic French drama SIBYL by director Justine Triet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Chicago, IL (09\/18\/19) \u00ad<\/strong>\u2013 Music Box Films has acquired the U.S. and Canadian rights to <a href=\"https:\/\/mk2films.com\/en\/film\/sibyl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SIBYL<\/a>, the third film from director Justine Triet (<em>In Bed with Victoria<\/em>) starring Virginie Efira (<em>An Impossible Love, Elle<\/em>), Ad\u00e8le Exarchopoulos (<em>Blue Is The Warmest Color<\/em>), Gaspard Ulliel (<em>Paris Je T\u2019aime<\/em>), and Sandra H\u00fcller (<em>Toni Erdmann<\/em>). <a href=\"https:\/\/mk2films.com\/en\/film\/sibyl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SIBYL<\/a> premiered in competition in the 2019 Festival de Cannes and screened at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival as a Special Presentation. The film will see its U.S. premiere next month at the 57th New York Film Festival. Music Box plans a 2020 theatrical release followed by a release on home entertainment platforms.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mk2films.com\/en\/film\/sibyl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SIBYL<\/a> follows a jaded psychotherapist (Virginie Efira) returning to her first passion: writing. But her newest patient Margot (Ad\u00e8le Exarchopoulos), a troubled up-and-coming actress, proves to be a source of inspiration that is far too tempting. Fascinated almost to the point of obsession, Sibyl becomes more and more involved in Margot\u2019s tumultuous life, reviving volatile memories that bring her face to face with her past.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA Russian doll of a film packed with stories within stories, <a href=\"https:\/\/mk2films.com\/en\/film\/sibyl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SIBYL<\/a> takes a hard look at the creative process, the unconscious mind, and the ways in which we can both create and destroy our own realities,\u201d says Music Box Films\u2019 President William Schopf. \u201cThis is a film that people are going to start talking about the second they leave the theater.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are thrilled that <a href=\"https:\/\/mk2films.com\/en\/film\/sibyl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SIBYL<\/a> has found a U.S. home with Music Box,&#8221; said Fionnuala Jamison, Head of International Sales at MK2. &#8220;With <a href=\"https:\/\/mk2films.com\/en\/film\/sibyl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SIBYL<\/a>, Justine Triet has crafted a sharp and witty portrait of a woman&#8217;s psyche that will certainly resonate with American audiences.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Music Box Films acquired all film rights in the United States and Canada; the deal was negotiated by Music Box Films\u2019 President William Schopf and MK2&#8217;s Head of International Sales Fionnuala Jamison.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>About Music Box Films:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Music Box Films is a North American distributor of acclaimed international, independent, and documentary features. Recent releases include Christian Petzold&#8217;s critically acclaimed Transit, Thomas Stuber\u2019s romantic drama In the Aisles, Claudio Giovannesi\u2019s Piranhas, and Kirill Mikhanovsky\u2019s Give Me Liberty. Upcoming releases include Fran\u00e7ois Ozon\u2019s By the Grace of God and Levan Akin\u2019s And Then We Danced (Sweden\u2019s official submission to the 2020 Academy Awards). Music Box Films is independently owned and operated by the Southport Music Box Corporation, which also owns and operates the Music Box Theatre, Chicago\u2019s premiere venue for independent and foreign films. For more information, please visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.musicboxfilms.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.musicboxfilms.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>About mk2 Films:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Every year, mk2 Films sells and distributes a dozen new films by established or promising directors such as Olivier Assayas, Jia Zhang-Ke, Xavier Dolan, Pawel Pawlikowski, Mati Diop and C\u00e9line Sciamma. mk2 Films also distributes a unique library of more than 600 films in France and around the world, including some of the major films of the history of cinema and a large number of classic films restored in HD and 2K: Agn\u00e8s Varda, Charles Chaplin, Fran\u00e7ois Truffaut, David Lynch, Jacques Demy, Abbas Kiarostami, Krzysztof Kie\u015blowski, Buster Keaton, Claude Chabrol, Michael Haneke, Stan Laurel and the RKO collection to name but a few\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chicago, IL (09\/18\/19) \u00ad\u2013 Music Box Films has acquired the U.S. and Canadian rights to SIBYL, the third film from director Justine Triet (In Bed with Victoria) starring Virginie Efira (An Impossible Love, Elle), Ad\u00e8le Exarchopoulos (Blue Is The Warmest Color), Gaspard Ulliel (Paris Je T\u2019aime), and Sandra H\u00fcller (Toni Erdmann). 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