EXCLUSIVE: Directorial debut of July Jung sells to French distributor Epicentre.

Korea’s CJ Entertainment has scored an early deal on Un Certain Regard title A Girl At My Door, which has gone to French distributor Epicentre.

Starring Bae Doo-na (Cloud Atlas), the film is produced by Lee Chang-dong (Poetry) and marks the directing debut of July Jung.

The story follows a female police officer exiled to a small seaside town who tries to help a young girl who is being beaten by her father.

Produced by Lee’s Pine House Film and Now Films, the film also stars Kim Sae-ron and Song Sae-byuk.

It receives its world premiere in Un Certain Regard on Monday (May 19).