Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani’s latest film Let The Corpses Tan (Laissez bronzer les cadavres), has been acquired by Kino Lorber for release in the US, following its North American debut at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival.

The film stars acclaimed Romanian-American actress Elina Löwensohn (Schindler’s List, A Very Long Engagement), Stéphane Ferrara (Alexander) and Hervé Sogne (SK1, JCVD) and was photographed in cinemascope by Manuel Dacosse (Amer, Evolution, Axolotl Overkill), the directors’ longtime director of photography.

A gang of thieves absconding with 250kg of stolen gold arrives at the abode of a listless artist caught in a bohemian love triangle. The scenario quickly escalates into a desperate day-long firefight between cops and robbers throughout the remote ruins of a Mediterranean hamlet — and genre and art-house tropes collide in a relentless reverie of action spectacle, exquisitely photographed on Super 16mm film. TIFF

This eagerly anticipated follow up to Amer (2009) and The Strange Color of Your Body’s Tears (2013) had its world premiere at the 2018 Locarno International Film Festival and a U.S. premiere at Fantastic Fest, in Austin, TX.

Let The Corpses Tan will play at other upcoming fall and winter festivals before a summer 2018 theatrical release – followed by a fall SVOD, VOD and physical media launch.