As 2021 draws to a close, the film aficionados who make up Deadline's International Critics Line crew have each chosen their top three titles of the year to hail from abroad. Some were world premieres at Sundance, Berlin, Cannes, Venice or Toronto, though not all are on the Oscar International Feature shortlist, nor…
The story of I'm Your Man, Germany's submission to the International Feature Oscar race, is rife with humanity — even if one of the central characters is a humanoid robot. Inspired by a short story from Emma Braslavsky, the premise sparked for both director Maria Schrader and co-star Dan Stevens, as they told us…
Dan Stevens tapped into Cary Grant’s performance in The Philadelphia Story to inform his role as a romance-driven robot in Bleecker Street’s I’m Your Man, Germany’s official entry in the International Feature Oscar race.
“That specific movie was a great touchstone for us, [director Maria Schrader] and I loved the idea…
Bleecker Street's sci-fi romantic comedy I'm Your Man blasted off – relatively speaking in today's specialty market – with a per screen average of $2,139 in 16 theaters in North America (12 U.S., four in Canada).
Directed by Maria Schrader film with Maren Eggert and Dan Stevens, it was the rare specialty film of late…
Bleecker Street's I'm Your Man opens on 12 screens in seven markets, expanding to another 15 next week in a rare platform release banking on strong word of mouth for the well-reviewed, 94% Certified Fresh film that's Germany's entry for the 2022 International Feature Oscar race.
Helmed by Unorthodox director Maria…
I’m Your Man (Ich bin dein Mensch), the Maria Schrader-directed film that earned star Maren Eggert the best actress Silver Bear at this year’s Berlin Film Festival, has been selected as Germany’s entry into the 2022 International Feature Oscar race.
The film stars Eggert as a a scientist at the famous Pergamon Museum…
Bleecker Street has acquired U.S. rights to Maria Schrader's I'm Your Man after the film picked up a Silver Bear for Maren Eggert's lead performance at the 2021 Berlin International Film Festival.
Eggert stars alongside Dan Stevens in the German-language movie. Story follows Alma (Eggert), a scientist coerced into…
UPDATED WRITETHRU: The Berlin Film Festival revealed its 2021 awards in a virtual presentation this afternoon with Radu Jude’s Bad Luck Banging Or Loony Porn scooping the top prize Golden Bear. Also among winners are debut filmmaker Dénes Nagy who took the Silver Bear for Best Director with Natural Light. Maria…
The Pygmalion myth gets a gender flip in I'm Your Man, the Berlin Film Festival competition entry from Germany's Maria Schrader. Maren Eggert stars as Alma, a single anthropologist who agrees to live with a humanoid robot for three weeks as part of a trial testing period. Thomas (Dan Stevens) has been designed as…