Andrea Riseborough Thriller ‘What Remains’ Lands U.S. Distributor (EXCLUSIVE)

VMI Releasing has acquired North American distribution rights for physiological thriller “What Remains,” starring Andrea Riseborough and Stellan Skarsgard.

The film — which is being sold by Minerva Pictures — comes from director Ran Huang, marking his feature film debut, and had its world premiere at the 2023 Locarno Film Festival.

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In “What Remains,” a long-term inmate at a mental clinic in Scandinavia abruptly confesses to a series of brutal murders. His therapist, a police officer, and the inmate then try to reconstruct the details of the case and to comprehend the murky reality that emerges, finding themselves in a deadly game of psychological dependency that threatens to destroy them all.

The film was produced by Chinese platform/content provider IQIYI.

The deal was negotiated by Eleonora Granata Jenkins and Monica Ciarli on behalf of Minerva Pictures and Jessica Bennett and Dan Fisher for VMI Releasing.

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