Greenwich Entertainment Acquires North American Rights for Berlinale Winner 'Queen at Sea' Starring Juliette Binoche and Tom Courtenay
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Summary
Greenwich Entertainment has acquired North American distribution rights for Lance Hammer's film 'Queen at Sea,' which premiered at the 2026 Berlinale and won a prize. The drama stars Juliette Binoche as a single mother caught between raising her teenage daughter and caring for her Alzheimer's-afflicted mother, with Tom Courtenay playing her stepfather. The story explores family conflict over responsibility for the mother's care as her condition deteriorates.
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Juliette Binoche co-stars as single mother Amanda who is squeezed between raising her teenage daughter and caring for her Alzheimer's-afflicted mother (Anna Calder-Marshall), opposite Tom Courtenay as her stepfather.
The pair clash as they grapple with questions over who is responsible for the mother now that is incapable of making critical decisions. Is it her spouse, child or an institution?
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