Rich Spirit Acquires North American Rights to Sundance Road Trip Dramedy 'Hot Water'

Rich Spirit has acquired North American rights to Ramzi Bashour's debut feature "Hot Water." A theatrical release is being planned for later this year. The film, which stars Lubna Azabal, Daniel Zolghadri and Dale Dickey, is described as "a mother-son road dramedy that explores ideas about family, home and belonging through a diasporic lens," according to the official synopsis. It recently premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, where it played in the U.S. Dramatic Competition and received warm reviews. (Our own review called it a "winning road-trip dramedy from writer-director . . .