IFC Films Acquires New Abel Ferrara Film

IFC Films has acquired the U.S. distribution rights to acclaimed director Abel Ferrara's (Bad Lieutenant, King of New York) latest film, Welcome to New York, starring Gérard Depardieu, Jacqueline Bisset, Marie Mouté, and Natasha Romanova. The film, which is currently in the post-production phase, was promoted by French distributors Wild Bunch at the Cannes Film Festival.

Welcome to New York chronicles the rise and fall of French economist and former head of the International Monetary Fund Dominique Strauss-Kahn.


Photo courtesy of Wild Bunch