Kino Lorber Picks Up Toronto Title Elles

Kino Lorber has acquired the U.S. rights to the Juliette Binoche-starrerElles, which had its world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival this month. The deal for the taboo-challengingfilm from Polish directorMalgoska Szumowskawas negotiated by Kino Lorber president and CEO Richard Lorber andTanja Meissner, who heads international sales and acquisitions at Memento Films International. The film stars Binoche as a wealthy, Paris-based investigative journalist for Elle magazine who begins to question her own life and beliefs while interviewing two students for an article about university prostitution.Kino Lorber is eyeing an early 2012 release.

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