Montreal
cie Atopia Distribution just nabbed up all of the North American
rights to Aron Gauder’s politically charged, South Park-ish, animated laugh
fest THE DISTRICT (Nyocker). Atopia will
put out the film theatrically in the United States and Canada next month.
Austin’s Alamo Drafthouse, Boston’s Brattle
Cinema, Seattle’s Grand Illusion, Montreal’s Cinema Du Parc and Toronto’s
Bloor Cinema are all booked so far; and there’s more on the way. After its
stint on the big screen the flick will be shipped out within a packed
DVD on December 4th 2007. What’s THE DISTRICT about anyways? Here ya go
taco-bean!
The kids of the
district grew up in constant rivaling and fights as their Gypsy, Hungarian,
Arab, and Chinese families engage in everyday hostility. Yet Richie, the
youngest of the Lakatos clan attempts to find a way to pacify the Csorba
family, and especially their lovely daughter, Jules. As he soon reveals, the
way to peace is through money, and that the only way to make money is to
have oil.
So the kids take a
time trip to the prehistoric age, and create their own oil reserves right
under the district. After their return the exploitation of oil begins,
radically changing the stance both in the school and in the general criminal
environment of the area. And their sudden success draws some unwanted
international attention to the district…
Get more info on THE DISTRICT at
its OFFICIAL SITE
and its
MYSPACE page.
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