EXCLUSIVE: Thai dark-comedy A Helpful Ghost, which gained the Critics’ Week Grand Prize at Cannes, has been picked up by Cineverse for North America.
The deal marks a uncommon foray into foreign-language content material for Terrifier outfit Cineverse, which is lining up a theatrical run for the film at a later date.
A Helpful Ghost tells the story of Nat, a girl who dies from mud air pollution and returns to her husband March—reincarnated as a vacuum cleaner. Their love is reignited in essentially the most unlikely type, however not everybody welcomes her return—particularly March’s household, nonetheless unsettled by a ghostly presence that appeared after a manufacturing unit employee’s demise pressured their enterprise to shut.
The movie stars Thai star Davika Hoorne alongside Witsarut Himmarat, Apasiri Nitibhon, Wanlop Rungkumjud, and Wisarut Homhuan. Rising Thai writer-director Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke makes his characteristic debut.
The characteristic is produced by Cattleya Paosrijaroen and Soros Sukhum at Bangkok-based 185 Movies, whose credit embrace Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s Memoria and Kristen Tan’s Pop Aye. Additionally producing are Haut Les Mains Productions (France), Momo Movie Co (Singapore) and Mayana Fims Germany.
“What makes A Helpful Ghost such a singular thrill isn’t simply its wickedly creative premise, however the outstanding management and tonal dexterity with which Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke — astonishingly, in his characteristic debut — brings it to life,” says Eric Rowe, Government Director of Programming at Cineverse.
“With uncommon wit and emotional readability, Boonbunchachoke crafts a pointy, blackly comedian satire that repurposes the ghost story trope right into a playful but pointed meditation on love, labor,, and the absurdity of by no means being allowed to relaxation”.
The producers of the movie mentioned: “We’re delighted to entrust U.S. and Canadian distribution to an organization with Cineverse’s scale and status. We’re assured that Cineverse is the perfect associate to amplify the movie’s overwhelmingly optimistic reception from the Western press — notably in the US — and to construct on that momentum by introducing the movie to North American audiences in a approach that celebrates its crucial acclaim and ensures its inventive and cultural impression resonates broadly”.
Belgian outfit Finest Good friend Perpetually is dealing with worldwide gross sales.
Upcoming releases for Cineverse embrace The Poisonous Avenger (August 29, 2025), Silent Night time, Lethal Night time (December 12, 2025), Return to Silent Hill (January 23, 2026), and Wolf Creek: Legacy (2026) in addition to 2025 releases Escape from the twenty first Century, Lesbian Area Princess, and The Issues You Kill.
