Greenwich has set a U.S. theatrical release for January 27, timed to National Holocaust Remembrance Day on January 28.
Based on a true story of friends of co-writer and director Le Guay, a happily married Parisian couple sell a basement storage area in their apartment building to a seemingly ordinary man to keep his archives. Greenwich Entertainment Acquires U.S. Theatrical Rights To 'Lowndes County And The Road To Black Power,' Critics Choice Documentary Awards Nominee
It soon becomes apparent that this man has taken up permanent residence in the basement, while he is revealed to be a notorious Holocaust denier and [fired] former history teacher. The couple desperately try to cancel the sale to no avail then begin a protracted legal action to evict. In the meantime, the basement dweller becomes an insidious presence in the building, undermining the couple’s marriage and insinuating himself with their naive teenage daughter.
Part thriller and part character study of reasonable people confronted with unreason, the film examines the ever present, subterranean threat civilization faces from bigoted conspiracy theories and historical denialism.. Greenwich’s Edward Arentz negotiated the acquisition with Nicolas Brigaud-Robert from Paris-based Playtime on behalf of the filmmakers.