Trinity Film will release New York based filmmakers Remy Bennett and Emilie Richard-Froozan‘s debut feature Buttercup Bill in the UK. The film is the very first venture from actress Sadie Frost and Emma Comley’s new outfit Blonde to Black Pictures and is scheduled for release on multiple platforms in August.
Remy Bennett, who appared in Martin Scorsese‘s The Wolf Of Wall Street and in the hit HBO show Boardwalk Empire, is the grand-daughter of legendary crooner Tony Bennett, and as well as co-directing, also stars in the film.
Buttercup Bill tells the story of a twisted romance between lifelong friends Patrick (Evan Louison – Blindsided) and Pernilla (Bennett). Travelling from the seedy, neon-lit New York bar scene to a nameless town in the sweaty and whisky-soaked Deep South, Pernilla seeks comfort from Patrick after the suicide of their childhood playmate. At first innocent and playful, their chemistry soon gives way to subversive games of sexual jealousy, making unwitting pawns of those around them. As the lines between love and cruelty, and fantasy and reality become blurred, the question looms large: can they ever be together? Should they?
We’re looking forward to checking out the feature which has already played at the New Orleans, Raindance and MARFA film festivals.
Trinity plan to release Buttercup Bill in cinemas, on the home disc formats and on VOD in August. We’ll have a full review nearer to release.
