Woody Allen’s “A Rainy Day in New York” starring Timotheé Chalamet and Elle Fanning, which had its American release cancelled by Amazon Studios, is set to open the Deauville American Film Festival taking place in France, the festival announced Wednesday.
The festival takes place between Sept. 6 -15, and the film will serve as the opening night movie before opening in theaters on Sept. 18.
Olivier Assayas’s “Wasp Network” is closing the festival.
Seven of Allen’s previous films have opened the Deauville Festival, most recently 2014’s “Magic in the Moonlight.” But “A Rainy Day in New York” will be presented at the Deauville Festival in preview of the film’s French release from Mars Distribution.