Daughter: Casper Van Dien inducts a young woman into a bizarre family in arthouse genre film

Deadline reports that Yellow Veil Pictures has picked up the worldwide rights to Daughter, a film described as a “horrific chamber piece” and an “arthouse genre” movie, and will be presenting the project to potential buyers at the upcoming Cannes film market. Starring Casper Van Dien (Starship Troopers) as Father, Elyse Dinh (HBO’s Watchmen) as Mother, Ian Alexander (Star Trek: Discovery) as Brother, and Vivien Ngô (Queen Sugar) as the titular Daughter, the film is about

a young woman being inducted into a bizarre family as their new surrogate daughter.

Daughter was written and directed by Corey Deshon, who was a writer and consulting producer on the third season of the ABC series A Million Little Things. According to Deadline, the film was “a collaborative effort by Deshon and Ngô to challenge the confines of what creators of color are expected to produce within the limits of stereotypical genres and narrative arcs, Daughter features a diverse cast made up predominantly of Vietnamese American actors, and was filmed with an overall cast and crew consisting of 60% women and 80% people of color.”

Yellow Veil’s Joe Yanick said Daughter is

one of the most assured debut features that we have seen in some time. Shot beautifully in 16mm, the film is in equal measure a horrific chamber piece as it is a moving ensemble about the intersection between family and religion.”

Deshon added:

Our entire cast and creative team took a bold swing with this project to create something truly unique, and to see our efforts resonate with Hugues, Justin, and Joe at Yellow Veil is incredibly exciting. To be represented by a company with such a thoughtful approach to arthouse genre is a dream come true for a debut filmmaker.”

Deshon produced Daughter for Thirteenth Floor Pictures. Ngô, Tracy Chitupatham, and Jes Vu were also producers on the film. Sharunya Varriale, Ron Bradley, Matt Bradley, Daniel Goroshko, Laurent Fumeron, and Rodolphe Sanzé of OneWorld Entertainment served as executive producers.

Buyers at the Cannes market will have the first chance to see Daughter at 9:30am on May 23rd.

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