As mentioned in my recent Gina Gershon piece, Woody Allen is currently in production on a new film in Europe, titled “Rivkin’s Festival.” And yet, his last completed movie, “A Rainy Day in New York,” never came out in the States due to Allen being axed by #MeToo allegations, which he fervently denies, and the ensuing bout that came with “cancel culture.”
However, some good news for Woody, Deadline is reporting that “Rainy Day in New York” will be the opening night film at the Deauville Film Festival, just a couple of weeks before it arrives in French cinemas.
The film opened in Poland on 7.26. Subsequent bookings include Lithuania (8.2), Greece (8.22), the Netherlands (8.29), Turkey (8.30), France (9.18), Czech Republic (9.26), Italy (10.3), Spain (10.4) and Mexico (10.25). Of course, Germany still has no date…
As mentioned, no U.S. distributor has decided to touch the movie (the film is still part of the Amazon deal which is currently in a legal battle). Woody is still toxic to the Robespierre-like tyrannicals in this country. I do wonder if the movie will be leaked before it is, if ever, released in the States. Then again, let’s all wait until Roman Polanski’s “J’Accuse” screens at Venice — the sheer negative lunacy that the American press will greet that - supposedly - excellent movie with will be it’s own form of existential absurdism.
The festival kicks off on September 6, with “A Rainy Day in New York” screening at the festival.