IFC Films to bring Bruno Dumont’s “Hadewijch” to US
Posted by editor@vimooz.com on October 4, 2009 under Foreign Film | 
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Bruno Dumont’s “Hadewijch” which opened the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival, has been picked up by IFC Films. The film screened in competition at the San Sebastian Film Festival, and will have its U.S. debut this Sunday at the New York Film Festival.
In the film, Dumont undertakes a topical exploration of the psychology of religious extremism and martyrdom. Expelled from a convent for her overzealous faith, teenage Céline (Julie Sokolowski) reluctantly returns to a life of comfort and privilege as the daughter of a French government minister. Back in Paris and farther from God, she makes a new friend, an Arab boy who introduces her to the cités, housing projects full of Arab and African immigrants, an alien world but one where faith exerts a familiar sway.
The company will release the feature in 2010 via its IFC in Theaters platform, which provides Films to on demand viewers at home the same day they premiere in theaters.
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