Bohemia Media to Release Critically Acclaimed ‘MEMORY’ starring Jessica Chastain and Peter Sarsgaard in UK & Irish Cinemas February 2024
Today Bohemia Media is delighted to announce that it will release the critically acclaimed feature MEMORY starring Academy Award®-winner Jessica Chastain and Peter Sarsgaard in UK and Irish cinemas from 9th February 2024. MEMORY premiered at the 2023 Venice Film Festival In Competition where it was nominated for the Golden Lion for Best Film and won Best Actor for Peter Sarsgaard.
Written and directed by Michel Franco (Sundown, New Order, April’s Daughter, Chronic, AfterLucia) and produced by Michel Franco, Eréndira Núñez Larios, Alex Orlovsky, Duncan Montgomery the film has garnered high critical praise and awards buzz as it commences its theatrical release on 22nd December in the US through Ketchup Entertainment.
Sylvia (Jessica Chastain) is a social worker who leads a simple and structured life: her daughter, her job, her AA meetings. This is blown open when Saul (Peter Sarsgaard) follows her home from their high school reunion. Their surprise encounter will profoundly impact both of them as they open the door to the past.
MEMORY is a Teorema Production incollaboration with High Frequency Entertainment, in association with ScreenCapital/Screen One, Mubi, Case Study Films and also stars Merritt Wever, Brooke Timber, Elsie Fisher, Josh Charles and Jessica Harper.
Founders of Bohemia Media, Phil Hunt and Lucy Fenton said: “We are delighted to be sharing this superbly acted andcompassionately told story, by Mexican film-maker Michel Franco. Exploring thevulnerability of our memories and the desire for human connection in spite oftraumatic history, MEMORY is a welcome addition to our slate of films whichshare experiences from underrepresented and marginalised voices.”