Alliance Atlantis has acquired international rights to Cannes Critics Week entry Milwaukee, Minnesota which was the closing night film of the Slamdance Film Festival.

The film, which stars Troy Garity, Alison Folland, Bruce Dern, Hank Harris, Debra Monk and Randy Quaid, is about a man who can hear fish talking under the ice and is a champion ice-fisherman because of it. But everyone is after his vast fortune.

Produced by Framework Entertainment and Empire State Entertainment, Milwaukee, Minnesota was acquired by Charlotte Mickie who is managing director, international motion picture sales, at Alliance Atlantis Entertainment Group