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Music Box Films’ genre label Doppelgänger Releasing has acquired North American distribution rights to director Alex Thompson’s thriller “Rounding” from world sales company Visit Films.
The tense and chilling sophomore feature debuted in 2022 at the Tribeca Film Festival and screened at the Chicago Film Festival. Doppelgänger Releasing will open “Rounding” on Jan. 3 in select theaters. The film will hit digital platforms on Feb. 18.
“Rounding” stars Namir Smallwood (“American Rust”), Sidney Flanigan (“Never Rarely Sometimes Always”), Michael Potts (“The First Lady,” “The Piano Lesson”), and Tony Award-winning director David Cromer.
After a traumatic experience while treating an elderly patient near the end of her life, resident doctor James Hayman (Smallwood) transfers to a rural hospital in Greenville, Illinois, for the second year of his residency for a fresh start. Having trouble connecting with patients, his superior Dr. Harrison (Potts) urges him to be more personable and take a “Bedside Technique” class.
Popular on Variety When James becomes consumed with the case of young asthma patient Helen Adso (Flanigan), demons from his past begin haunting him and make him question the intentions of Helen’s mother (Rebecca Spense). As an injured ankle flares up and James is confronted with hospital bureaucracy, his nightmares magnify his anxiety and his reality starts to unravel.
“Rounding” is Thompson’s follow-up to “Saint Frances” (2019) and features several returning collaborators, including actors Kelly O’Sullivan and Charin Alvarez. Thompson and O’Sullivan went on to make “Ghostlight,” which debuted at Sundance in 2024.
