Gravitas Ventures has just announced that it has acquired the North American rights to the award-winning animal rights horror-thriller Liberty, written and directed by filmmaker Philippe De Witte.
In Liberty, an idealistic park guide holds six strangers captive, treating them like caged animals, to deliver his chilling message of freedom to the world. As his hostages run the gamut from confusion and disbelief to anger and hostility to grief and despair, our anti-hero compares their mental and physical breakdown to those of wild animals struggling in captivity.
Walking the line between Stephen King and Henry David Thoreau, Liberty features a breakout performance by Nicholas Michael McGovern and stars Alice Barrett (“Another World”), Olan Montgomery (“Stranger Things”), Denny Dale Bess (“Law & Order: SVU”), Samantha Smart (“Katy Keene”), Jonathan Kirkland (“Tulsa King”), and Andrea McKinnon (Boyhood).
“Liberty is a timely thriller, a personal take on animal welfare with larger themes of freedom and injustice. Audiences will be captivated during the film, but will also be thinking about it for a very long time,” stated Cameron Moore, Gravitas Ventures’ Senior Director of Theatrical Distribution.
Gravitas Ventures negotiated the deal directly with the filmmakers.
“We are extremely grateful to have Liberty widely distributed through our partnership with Gravitas Ventures,” said filmmaker Philippe De Witte. “Our goal was an entertaining thriller with deep social messaging, and we hope Liberty will stimulate meaningful conversation. We’re excited for the audience response.”
Produced by Michel Gouzée de Harven, Jean-Christophe Van den Berg, Yves Merlin, and Michael Whalen, Liberty will be released digitally on November 21st. The trailer should arrive soon.
