Screen Media Films has picked up the U.S. rights to “Lymelife.” The film had its world premiere screening at the Toronto International Film Festival back in September where it won the International Critics Prize for Discovery. It was produced by its star, Alec Baldwin.
The film is set in a late 70’s Long Island suburb during an outbreak of Lyme disease. It follows two families who crumble when a man is infected with the disease while his wife (Cynthia Nixon) is forced to work for the womanizing real estate developer living next door (played by Baldwin). Paranoia runs wild among the two families concerning the disease and infidelity, and is only complicated when Baldwin’s son (Kieran Culkin) returns home from the army and puts in motion events that forever alter the families.
The film was directed by rookie Derick Martini and stars Cynthia Nixon, Timothy Hutton, Jill Hennessey, Rory Culkin, Kieran Culkin and Emma Roberts (Julia Roberts’ niece) along with Alec Baldwin. No word on a release date yet. [ed. This is one of the films we ended up having to skip at TIFF, but initially we had tickets].