Sunrise Films has picked up U.S. distribution rights to “ Mr. Blake at Your Service ,” the France-set comedy-drama starring John Malkovich , Fanny Ardant and the late Émilie Dequenne , with plans for a June 20 theatrical release.
The film, also known as “Well Done!,” marks one of Malkovich’s rare French-speaking performances, with the actor playing Andrew Blake, a recently widowed British businessman who takes a job as a butler at a countryside manor to stay connected to memories of his late French wife. As Blake navigates the estate’s quirky residents, he embarks on an unexpected journey of healing and rediscovery.
Ardant stars as Nathalie de Beauvillier, the manor’s reserved and eccentric lady, while Dequenne delivers one of her final screen performances as Odile, the spirited