Award-Winning Drama Film, The Substitute, Released In UK Cinemas

On The Table Read, “the best entertainment magazine in the UK“, Sovereign announces that award-winning drama film, The Substitute, will be released on the 20th January 2023 in UK cinemas.

The Subsitute

The gripping drama THE SUBSTITUTE (El Suplente), for which Renata Lerman won the Silver Seashell for Best Supporting Performance at the 70th San Sebastian International Film Festival, is, in the words of Argentinian director Diego Lerman, ““the survival and the struggle of adolescents to enter a society that is extremely hostile to those who lack support and basic life conditions the most. 

Lerman directs THE SUBSTITUTE with sensitivity and skill, incorporating elements of high school dramas Blackboard Jungle, The Class, and Dangerous Minds. He adds a fresh perspective to the story of an idealist teacher dealing with tough inner city students played by teenagers.

Diego Lerman, one of Argentina’s most prominent filmmakers, won the Silver Leopard Award in 2002 for Suddenly (Tan de repente) at the Locarno International Film Festival. Additionally, he directed A Sort of Family, which was acquired by Netflix, won Best Screenplay at San Sebastian, and played at Toronto. as well as Invisible and Refugiado, which were both shown at the Director’s Fortnight in Cannes in 2014 and 2010, respectively. His sixth feature film, The Substitute, had its world premiere in the Special Presentations section of the 47th Toronto International Film Festival.

Synopsis Of The Substitute

Recently appointed substitute literature teacher Lucio (Juan Minujín) needs to work hard to find a way to connect with the minds – and the realities – of students at a tough Buenos Aires high school. He also has big shoes to fill: those of his ailing father, known as “El Chileno” (Alfredo Castro), a well-loved community organiser who is about to open a soup kitchen, years in the making, but is constantly being threatened by a local gang as they seek total control of the area through drugs and corrupt politics. When one of his students lands in trouble with the local kingpin, Lucio has to step out from his teaching duties to protect both the teenager and the fragile bond he’s forging with his pupils.

Screenings Of The Substite

The Substitute had its world premiere in the Special Presentations section at the 47th Toronto International Film Festival. Renata Lerman won the Silver Seashell for Best Supporting Performance at the 70th San Sebastian International Film Festival, where it was also up for a Golden Seashell for Best Film. At the Chicago International Film Festival, it was also up for a Gold Hugo for Best Feature.

Sovreign

In the UK, SOVEREIGN presents auteur-driven feature films by both new and seasoned international talent. Our titles, which have been carefully selected, have often premiered at renowned international film festivals like Cannes, Berlinale, Toronto, and Venice, among others, to great critical and public acclaim.

The Oscar-nominated Peru entry “SONG WITHOUT A NAME,” which was shown in the Directors’ Fortnight section at the 72nd Cannes Film Festival, is one of the previously acquired titles. The Special Orizzonti Jury Prize for the Philippine crime drama “VERDICT” at the 76th Venice Film Festival; The historical drama “MALMKROG,” which opened the 70th Berlin Film Festival and won Best Director in the Encounter section; a psychological thriller from Argentina called “A COMMON CRIME,” which had its world premiere at the 70th Berlin Film Festival; BAD LUCK BANGING OR LOONY PORN, which won the Golden Bear at the 2021 Berlin Film Festival; and the controversial film “PETROV’S FLU” by Russian director Kirill Serebrennikov, which was nominated for the Palme d’Or and won the prestigious CTS Artist award at the Cannes Film Festival last year; MEMORIA, starring Tilda Swinton and directed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul, won the Cannes Jury Prize in 2021. “THE GREAT MOVEMENT,” directed by Kiro Russo of Bolivia, won the Special Jury Prize in the Horizons section of the 2021 Venice Film Festival; The cinematic odyssey “THEO AND THE METAMORPHOSIS” by Damien Odoul, which won the Grand Prix at the Polish New Horizons Film Festival; and most recently, “RIMINI,” directed by Ulrich Seidl and awarded the Diagonale Film Festival’s Grand Prix for Best Feature Film.

The entertainment company Sovereign is based in the UK and is dedicated to telling stories in the arts, theater, music, and film that are important and timely. Sovereign’s productions include “TRIANGLE OF SADNESS,” starring Woody Harelson and directed by acclaimed Ruben Ostlund, which had its UK premiere at this year’s BFI London Film Festival; “THE TREE OF LIFE,” which was nominated for three Oscars and starred Sean Penn, Jessica Chastain, and Brad Pitt; Dakota Fanning, Emma Thompson, and Julie Walters star in the film EFFIE GRAY; as well as “VOYAGE OF TIME,” starring Cate Blanchett and Brad Pitt. “EUREKA,” starring Viggo Mortensen, and “INSIDE,” starring Willem Dafoe, are two upcoming productions.

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