\n\tEXCLUSIVE: L.A.-based film company Indican Pictures has acquired North American rights for French directorial duo Ruben Amar and Lola Bessis\u2019s road movie Silver Star and set a January 30, 2026 theatrical release.<\/p>\n
\n\tThe production reunites French duo Bessis and Amar behind the camera for the first time since 2013 SXSW breakout\u00a0Swim Little Fish Swim, having first sparked attention with 2011 short film\u00a0Checkpoint.<\/p>\n
\n\tGrace Van Dien (Stranger Things) and rising talent Troy Leigh-Anne Johnson (Boots) co-star in the tense road movie.<\/p>\n
\n\tJohnson plays Billie, a young African American woman recently released from prison, who kidnaps pregnant, down on her luck teenager Franny during a failed bank robbery. After hearing about her kidnapper\u2019s plight, Franny decides to forge an unlikely alliance and embark on a road trip to find the money Billie needs.<\/p>\n
\n\tThe film played at France\u2019s Deauville American Film Festival in 2024 and also screened at the Denver and Glasgow film festivals. It will be theatrically released by Wayna Pitch in France on November 26.<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cWe at Indican Pictures knew we wanted to bring this film to North America when we saw the film at the Deauville Film Festival and were stunned to learn two French filmmakers had crafted a prescient look into the soul of America,\u201d said Indican Pictures\u2019 Randolph Kret. <\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cThey have created a modern heir to Bonnie & Clyde mixed with Thelma & Louise, plus a dash of the urgent realism of the Safdie Brothers and the emotional authenticity of Sean Baker \u2013 proof that their cinema belongs among today\u2019s most vibrant indie storytellers,\u201d he added. <\/p>\n