Arthouse distribution Mubi has signed a multi-territory deal for Luca Guadagnino‘s Daniel Craig-starrer Queer.
The deal, announced Friday, will see Mubi take all rights for Queer in the UK, Ireland, Canada, Latin America, Germany, Austria, Benelux, Spain, Turkey, and India and all rights, excluding theatrical rights, in Italy. A24 has the film for the U.S.
Queer premiered at the Venice Film Festival and had its North American premiere at Toronto last month.
Daniel Craig stars alongside Drew Starkey, Lesley Manville, and Jason Schwartzman in the feature, based on Burroughs’ 1950s-set autobiographical novel. The former 007 star plays William Lee, an American expat and heroin addict in Mexico City, whose spends his days almost entirely alone, except for a few contacts with other members of the small American community. His encounter with Eugene Allerton, an expat former soldier, played by Starkey, makes him believe it might be finally possible to establish an intimate connection with somebody.
Queer was produced by Guadagnino for his Frenesy Film Company and Lorenzo Mieli for Fremantle-owned group The Apartment together with Fremantle and Fremantle North America in collaboration with Cinecittà and Frame by Frame. Fremantle financed the film. The Veterans, who are handling world sales on the title, brokered the deal with Mubi.
Mubi recently kicked off its US theatrical slate with the release of Coralie Fargeat’s The Substance. Other recent acquisitions include Andrea Arnold’s Bird, Magnus von Horn’s The Girl with the Needle, and Levan Akin’s Crossing.
