James R | On 06, Feb 2020

Luca Guadagnino’s The Staggering Girl will be released on MUBI this February, and a new trailer gives us a first proper look at the short film.

The film, which is written by US playwright Michael Mitnick (The Current War) and debuted at Cannes Film Festival, stars Julianne Moore, Mia Goth (Suspiria), KiKi Layne (If Beale Street Could Talk), Kyle MacLachlan, Marthe Keller (Marathon Man) and Alba Rohrwacher (Happy As Lazzaro). It tells the story of Francesca, an Italian-American writer (Julianne Moore) who lives in New York and must return to Rome to retrieve her ageing mother.

Oscar-winning composer Ryuichi Sakamoto provides the music for the film, and returning to collaborate once again with Guadagnino is acclaimed cinematographer of Call Me By Your Name and Suspiria, Sayombhu Mukdeeprom.
 
In another reunion, MUBI snapped up the rights to the film last summer, the second time it has acquired a Guadagnino joint after releasing his remake of Suspiria in the UK. The Staggering Girl will stream worldwide exclusively on MUBI (excluding Italy, China, Japan, and Russia) from 15th February. Milan Records will release Ryuichi Sakamoto’s score digitally on 14th February, with a vinyl edition to be released soon.

Here’s the trailer:

 

MUBI to release Luca Guadagnino’s Staggering Girl in February 2020

26th November 2019

MUBI will release Luca Guadagnino’s Staggering Girl in February 2020.

The film, which is written by US playwright Michael Mitnick (The Current War) and debuted at Cannes Film Festival, stars Julianne Moore, Mia Goth (Suspiria), KiKi Layne (If Beale Street Could Talk), Kyle MacLachlan, Marthe Keller (Marathon Man) and Alba Rohrwacher (Happy As Lazzaro). It tells the story of Francesca, an Italian-American writer (Julianne Moore) who lives in New York and must return to Rome to retrieve her ageing mother.

MUBI snapped up the rights to the film this summer, the second time it has acquired a Guadagnino joint after releasing his remake of Suspiria in the UK.

Now MUBI has confirmed that it will debut the film online in the UK and other countries on 15th February 2020.

 

MUBI acquires Luca Guadagnino’s The Staggering Girl

28th August 2019

MUBI has acquired the global rights to Luca Guadagnino’s short drama The Staggering Girl.

The film is produced in collaboration with Valentino’s creative director Pierpaolo Piccioli and written by US playwright and screenwriter Michael Mitnick (The Current War). It debuted at this year’s Cannes Film Festival and makes use of luxurious destinations in Italy and New York.

It stars Julianne Moore, Mia Goth (Suspiria), KiKi Layne (If Beale Street Could Talk), Kyle MacLachlan, Marthe Keller (Marathon Man) and Alba Rohrwacher (Happy As Lazzaro). The short tells the story of Francesca, an Italian-American writer (Julianne Moore) who lives in New York and must return to Rome to retrieve her ageing mother.
 
Oscar-winning composer Ryuichi Sakamoto provides the music for the film and returning to collaborate once again with Guadagnino is acclaimed cinematographer of Call Me By Your Name and Suspiria, Sayombhu Mukdeeprom.

Founder and CEO of MUBI Efe Cakarel says: “We are extremely excited to continue working with Luca after the success of his wildly imaginative Suspiria last year. The Staggering Girl is an exciting new vision from one of the most thrilling filmmakers working today and we can’t wait to share this beautiful film with audiences soon.”

MUBI has acquired worldwide rights on the film excluding Italy, China, Japan, Russia, and theatrical rights in Turkey. The deal was negotiated between Kevin Chan (MUBI), Endeavor Content and Rai Com S.p.A.

MUBI recently acquired UK rights for Katemir Balagov’s acclaimed Beanpole, Kleber Mendonça Filho’s siege thriller Bacurau, Diao Yinan’s neo-noir The Wild Goose Lake and Olivier Meyrou’s documentary Yves Saint Laurent: The Last Collections.

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