June 16, 2008

Evokative Films, a new film distribution company based in Montreal, is very pleased to announce its first acquisition: The Killer (Le Tueur) a French Film Noir written and directed by Cedric Anger and starring Gilbert Melki (Angel-A, Intimate Stranger, Monsieur Ibrahim), Grégoire Colin (In the Arms of my Enemy, The Intruder, Sex is Comedy), and Mélanie Laurent (Paris, Don’t Worry, I’m Fine, The Beat that my Heart Skipped).

Christmas Eve in Paris. Leo Zimmerman is a businessman who lives for his beloved little daughter’s smile. Outwardly, his life is exemplary. However, when Dimitri Kopas walks into his office, pretending to be a normal client, Leo understands that a contract is out on his head and that the young man has come to town to kill him. Overcome with anxiety and paranoia, no longer able to sleep, Leo decides to meet the killer face to face and to broker a strange deal.

The Killer will have its North American Premiere at the Fantasia International Film Festival next July, before its limited theatrical release in the fall. The film was previously part of the programming of this year’s Rotterdam Film Festival, the City of Lights, City of Angels Festival of Los Angeles and the French Film Festival of Athens. It is also part of Variety’s Critics’ Choice at the upcoming Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.

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