An adoption-focused drama feature starring Jake Lacy and Nazanin Boniadi is buzzing its way toward theaters.
Persimmon has acquired North American distribution rights to writer-director Nicola Rinciari’s indie film A Mosquito in the Ear, The Hollywood Reporter has exclusively learned. Ruhi Pal rounds out the cast for the movie that will hit select theaters this spring after it premiered last month at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival, where it won the Panavision Spirit Award for Independent Cinema.
A Mosquito in the Ear centers on Andrew (Lacy) and Daniela (Boniadi), who venture to India to bring home their newly adopted 4-year-old daughter Sarvari (Pal). Tensions arise when the girl refuses to join them on the return journey.
Rinciari helmed the film from his own script that adapts Andrea Ferraris’ fact-based graphic novel of the same name. Emily Dillard, Darren Dean, Ali K. Rizvi, Frank Hall Green, Stephen Stanley and Jomon Thomas serve as producers. Laurens Postma and Sunitha Ram of Lasutra Pictures oversaw production in India.
“We’re thrilled to partner with Persimmon to bring A Mosquito in the Ear to North American audiences,” says director Nicola Rinciari. “The film explores the complicated emotional terrain of identity and the ways cross-cultural encounters shape our most intimate relationships. I’m excited for audiences to experience this family’s journey on the big screen.”