Dawn Movies has picked up U.S. distribution rights to “Mr. Blake at Your Service,” the France-set comedy-drama starring John Malkovich, Fanny Ardant and the late Émilie Dequenne, with plans for a June 20 theatrical launch.

The movie, also referred to as “Effectively Executed!,” marks one in all Malkovich’s uncommon French-speaking performances, with the actor enjoying Andrew Blake, a lately widowed British businessman who takes a job as a butler at a countryside manor to remain linked to reminiscences of his late French spouse. As Blake navigates the property’s quirky residents, he embarks on an surprising journey of therapeutic and rediscovery.

Ardant stars as Nathalie de Beauvillier, the manor’s reserved and eccentric woman, whereas Dequenne delivers one in all her remaining display performances as Odile, the spirited prepare dinner. The ensemble solid rounds out with Eugénie Anselin, Al Ginter, Anne Brionne and Christel Henon.

Bestselling creator Gilles Legardinier made his directorial debut with the variation of his 2012 novel “Complètement cramé!” Legardinier penned the screenplay alongside Cristel Henon. The movie is lensed by Stéphane Le Parc, with enhancing by Yves Deschamps and Chrystel Alépée, and an unique rating by Erwann Chandon.

Henon and Lilian Eche produced for Bidibul Productions alongside Superprod, with Legardinier serving as co-producer. Bidibul Productions most lately produced the 2025 Palme d’Or winner “It Was Simply an Accident” by Iranian director Jafar Panahi.

The movie had its U.S. premiere on the Newport Seashore Movie Pageant in 2023, and has since rolled out theatrically throughout France, Spain, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal, Australia and New Zealand, with extra pageant screenings worldwide.

“We’re delighted to be bringing the extremely charming ‘Mr. Blake at Your Service!’ to audiences within the U.S.,” stated Andrew Nerger, head of U.S. and worldwide distribution at Dawn Movies. “It captivated us from the second we first screened it, and we hope audiences will fall in love with it simply as we did when it premieres later this June.”