Charades and UTA Independent Film Group have boarded “Mother, Couch,” the high-profile feature debut of Niclas Larsson, which has just dropped its first-look image, shared in exclusivity with Variety.An all-star cast is led by Taylor Russell, Ewan McGregor, Ellen Burstyn, Rhys Ifans, Lara Flynn Boyle and F.
Murray Abraham and now Lake Bell.Charades will handle international sales, with UTA selling the film for the U.S.
“Mother, Couch” is set to world premiere at September’s Toronto Intl.
Film Festival, bowing in its Special Presentations section.
It then segues for its European premiere at the San Sebastian’s New Directors competition.Produced by Lyrical Media (“How to Blow Up a Pipeline”), Fat City, launched last year by Sara Murphy and Ryan Zacarias, and Suris/Bishop Films, New York-based and specializing in development.
It is co-produced with Sweden’s high-flying regional production fund Film I Vast and Denmark’s Snowglobe,…
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