Pascal Plante’s French-language feature Red Rooms has been acquired by L.A.-based distributor Utopia for the U.S.

The film has also been sold in several other territories, including in Spain, Taiwan, the Scandinavia region, Romania and Hungary, according to a news release. In July, Paris-based ESC Distribution acquired the film for France, Switzerland, and Belgium.

Red Rooms is written and directed by Plante and produced by Dominique Dussault of Nemesis Films. Entract Films is its Canadian distributor, while h264 is handling international sales.

Plante said in a statement that for a French-language film from Canada to have a theatrical release in the U.S. “is a rather rare phenomenon, and I am extremely grateful for that.”

The film had its world premiere at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in the Czech Republic in July before making its North American premiere at Montreal’s Fantasia International Film Festival where it won four awards.

Red Rooms will now head to London, where it will have its U.K. premiere in competition at the BFI London Film Festival, which runs from Oct. 4 to 15. It will also be featured at the Busan International Film Festival in Korea the same month, said the release.

The film, starring Juliette Gariépy and Laurie Babin, delves into the world of the dark web and centres on a young woman obsessed with a serial killer.

Photo courtesy of Nemesis Films