Grasshopper Film and Gratitude Films announced June 7 the acquisition of US distribution rights for De Humani Corporis Fabrica, the new doc from Verena Paravel and Lucien Castaing-Taylor, makers of the 2012 documentary Leviathan. De Humani Corporis Fabrica premiered in Directors’ Fortnight at Cannes and will open in U.S. theaters in late 2022.
The deal was negotiated by Ryan Krivoshey of Grasshopper Film with Alice Lesort of Films du Losange.
“We are so happy to partner with Grasshopper Film and Gratitude Films on Verena Paravel & Lucien Castaing-Taylor’s new documentary. The response from the press and the public to the film after its Cannes’ premiere has been really strong – there was quite a buzz! We know that they are the perfect home for such a special film,” says Alice Lesort, Head of International Sales at Les Films du Losange.
De Humani Corporis Fabrica was also sold to Madman in Australia & New Zealand, and to Vitrine Filmes in Spain. Further territories are currently in negotiation. Les Films du Losange will release the film in France.
The film notes read how, five centuries ago, anatomist André Vésale opened up the human body to science for the first time in history. Today, De Humani Corporis Fabrica opens the human body to the cinema. It reveals that human flesh is an extraordinary landscape that exists only through the gaze and attention of others. As places of care, suffering and hope, hospitals are laboratories that connect everybody in the world.
“Having released previous films from the Sensory Ethnography Lab, like Leviathan, Sweetgrass, Manakamana, andCaniba, we are thrilled to be working on Verena and Lucien’s latest, the astonishing De Humani Corporis Fabrica,” commented Ryan Krivoshey. “We’re delighted to be partnering with Gratitude Films on its release and look forward to collaborating with Les Films du Losange and the entire filmmaking team.”
The film’s producers are Norte Productions, CG Cinema, Rita Productions and the Sensory Ethnography Lab.
