Paul Schrader’s ‘Oh, Canada’ Nabbed by Kino Lorber

Kino Lorber has acquired the North American rights to Paul Schrader’s Oh, Canada , which reteams Richard Gere with Schrader after their collaboration on American Gigolo .

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Gere plays an American documentarian who relocated to Montreal as a Vietnam draft refugee and attempts to set the record straight in one final interview. The film, which portrays a man contemplating his legacy while facing the end of his life, co-stars Uma Thurman, Jacob Elordi, and Michael Imperioli and premiered in competition in Cannes.

“ Oh, Canada is a stunning artistic achievement by the great Paul Schrader, a poignant, formally daring rumination on aging, memory, and mortality anchored by a commanding performance from Richard Gere,” said Kino Lorber head of theatrical acquisitions and distribution Lisa Schwartz in a statement.

Oh, Canada will screen at the Toronto Film Festival and the New York Film Festival ahead of Kino Lorber planning an awards season theatrical release this December. Schrader wrote and directed Oh, Canada based on the 2021 novel Foregone by the late Russell Banks.

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Banks’ novel Affliction inspired Schrader’s 1997 adaptation of the same title that starred Nick Nolte and James Coburn. The distribution deal for Oh, Canada was negotiated by Kino Lorber’s Schwartz and David Gonzales and WME Independent working for the filmmakers.

Oh, Canada is an Arclight Films International presentation of a Northern Lights, Vested Interest, Ottocento, Left Home Prods. production, in association with Exemplary Films, Carte Blanche Entertainment, One Two Twenty Entertainment, Sipur Studios.

The film is produced by David Gonzales, Tiffany Boyle, Luisa Law, Meghan Hanlon, and Scott Lastaiti.

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