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21.02.2024 - 18:55 / deadline.com
EXCLUSIVE: Quiver Distribution has acquired North American rights to A Bit of Light, the second feature helmed by Stephen Moyer, on the heels of 2018 family drama The Parting Glass. Starring Moyer’s wife and True Blood co-star Anna Paquin, as well as Ray Winstone (The Departed), the film is an adaptation by Rebecca Callard of her Bruntwood Prize-nominated play of the same name. It’s slated for release in select theaters across the country, as well as on VOD and digital on April 5.
Check out a trailer above.
A Bit of Light unfolds as an intimate story about a recovering alcoholic named Ella (Paquin). A series of tough breaks forces Ella to move back in with her father Alan (Winstone), while her daughters are under the care of her ex-husband Joseph (Youssef Kerkour) and his new partner Bethan (Pippa Bennett-Warner). Mired in guilt, the protagonist finds herself in fights with Joseph and Bethan about the kids and Alan over AA meetings. However, an unlikely friendship with Neil (newcomer Luca Hogan) opens her eyes to taking responsibility and making the changes she needs to make.
Moyer came to direct A Bit of Light following a longtime friendship with Callard, with whom he first worked as an actor over 25 years ago. “Her play ‘A Bit of Light’ moved me immeasurably,” he shared, “and I saw a wonderful opportunity for us to work together on creating this deeply personal film, with Anna.”
In a statement on the pic’s distribution deal, Quiver Distribution Co-Presidents Berry Meyerowitz and Jeff Sackman remarked that “Stephen Moyer has already proven himself as an assured and skilled director, but with the amazing and intimate performances captured in A Bit of Light, he has taken things to a new level.”
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