Sony Pictures Classics has acquired rights to Niki Byrne’s “The Julia Set,” starring Chase Infiniti, following the film’s world premiere at TIFF. The film, written and directed by Byrne, was one of the festival’s breakouts, thanks in large part to Infiniti’s commanding performance. The “One Battle After Another” and “The Testaments” star earned rave reviews — including in Variety — for her turn as Julia Fischer, a math prodigy navigating being the youngest, most gifted student in her elite prep course, while falling into an abusive romantic relationship with her teaching assistant, Pascal (Christopher Briney).
Amid those pressures, the film’s synopsis explains, “Julia must find the strength to follow the path she was destined to take.” Jason Isaacs and Gillian Anderson also star as Pascal’s parents, with Nina Hoss, Carmen Ejogo, Chloe Bailey, Nico Hiraga, Liz Lin and Alex Dillard rounding out the acclaimed cast. I thought they were the purview of the gods, that they fell out of the sky, and if we were lucky, we caught them,” Byrne said in a statement. I couldn’t be prouder to add ‘The Julia Set’ to their extraordinary library, and to know it will be seen the way movies are meant to be seen: in a darkened theater, together.” Sony Pictures Classics, led by Michael Barker and Tom Bernard, will distribute the film in the United States, Benelux, Switzerland, Italy, Scandinavia, Spain, United Kingdom, Eastern Europe (excluding Poland), Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Israel and Asia (excluding Singapore).
The studio is planning a theatrical release next year.
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