FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 27, 2018

Cinema Guild acquires EN EL SÉPTIMO DÍA (ON THE SEVENTH DAY)

NEW YORK, NY — Cinema Guild announced today the acquisition of Jim McKay's (Our Song, Girls Town) fifth feature film En el Séptimo Día (On the Seventh Day). The film premiered as the Centerpiece Film at BamcinemaFest 2017 and made its overseas debut in the International Competition at the Locarno Film Festival in August. En el Séptimo Día will open at IFC Center in New York on June 8.

The film offers a glimpse into the lives of undocumented Mexican immigrants in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. Bicycle delivery men, construction workers, dishwashers, deli workers and cotton candy vendors, they work long hours six days a week and then savor their day of rest on Sundays on the soccer fields of Sunset Park.

José, a bicycle delivery worker, is the soccer team's captain and leader. When his team makes it to the finals, José and his teammates are thrilled. But his boss throws a wrench into the celebration when he tells José he has to work the following Sunday, the day of the finals. José's job and his future are on the line, but so is his dignity and his teammates' hopes.

"We are so thrilled to be releasing En el Séptimo Día," said Cinema Guild Director of Distribution Peter Kelly. "Jim McKay has given us a warm and thrilling New York story from a perspective we don’t see on screen often enough."

"For years, I’ve sat in dark theaters and been mesmerized by Cinema Guild films from the likes of Hong Sangsoo, Jem Cohen, Tsai Ming-Liang, Steve James, Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Maren Ade, and others," said director Jim McKay, "I am honored to be in their company and to be working with Cinema Guild to bring En el Séptimo Día out into the world."

En el Séptimo Día (On the Seventh Day) was produced by Caroline Kaplan, Alex Bach, Lindsey Cordero, Michael Stipe and McKay.

The deal was negotiated by Peter Kelly of Cinema Guild and Jason Ishikawa of Cinetic Media.

Cinema Guild is a premier distributor of independent, foreign and documentary films, whose current and upcoming releases include Hong Sangsoo’s Claire’s Camera and The Day After and Valeska Grisebach’s Western. Recent theatrical releases include Hong Sangsoo’s On the Beach at Night Alone, Theo Anthony’s Rat Film and Albert Serra’s The Death of Louis XIV.

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