Breaking Glass Pictures has acquired North American rights to the mystical, LGBT drama Play The Devil . Breaking Glass acquired rights to the film in February in a deal negotiated between Breaking Glass CEO Rich Wolff and Bahamian writer/director Maria Govan (Rain) of Play the Devil Pictures Limited. The film will arrive on DVD & VOD on May 15.
Described as a film that evokes a “powerful sense of place” (The Hollywood Reporter) and explores “complex depictions of male relationships” (Shadow and Act), PLAY THE DEVIL stars Petrice Jones (‘Step Up: High Water’, iBoy, Spotless), and newcomers Gareth Jenkins, Akil Nicholas, and Penelope Spencer.
The
film held its world premiere at the Los Angeles Film Festival, and went
on to play numerous other festivals, including Woodstock Film Festival
where the film won Best Female Feature Director, Cleveland International
Film Festival, MiFo LGBT Film Festival Miami, Vancouver Queer Film
Festival, New Orleans Film Festival, and qFLIX Philadelphia where it
took home the Jury Award for Best Feature Film.
Play The Devil follows Gregory, a gifted working-class teenager from
Paramin, who stars in a theater play that brings him to the attention of
James, an affluent businessman. The two men strike an uncanny
friendship as James takes Greg under his wing, pushing him to discover
himself professionally, creatively, and intimately. Confused, Greg must
at once deal with the return of his drug addicted father, and navigate
through the early days of adulthood. As Carnival Monday
approaches and the locals prepare for the annual male initiation
parade, Greg must confront James – an act which will cumulate in life
changing events for him.
“Govan’s
stunning and exotic film, set against the lush and mysterious Carnival,
tells the classic story of seduction between older and younger, while
retaining a firm footing in the strict taboos of Trinidadian culture”,
said Richard Ross, Co-President of Breaking Glass. “This assured second
feature deftly navigates a culture steeped in repressed sexual desires,
anchored by secrets, lies, and homophobia, that leads to a powerful and
inevitable tragic conclusion."
