Clio Barnard’s latest offering has secured U.S. distribution. According to ScreenDaily, FilmRise acquired the North American rights to the family drama “Dark River,” toplined by “The Affair’s” Ruth Wilson.

Inspired by Rose Tremain’s novel “Trespass,” the film sees Wilson playing “a woman who returns to her home village — following the death of her father — for the first time in 15 years to claim the tenancy to the family farm she believes is rightfully hers,” the source summarizes. Being back there causes traumatic memories to re-surface.

As part of her preparation to write and direct “Dark River” Barnard spoke to experts in traumatic memory. She has said she is drawn to telling stories about outsiders — those who are “marginalized and isolated.”

“I see ‘Dark River’ as a folk tale about the exploitation of a woman’s body and the land,” she told us in advance of the film’s world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival this September. She added, “In part it is a film about how damaging it is to be silenced and to bury the past, about how as children we can feel we failed to protect our siblings, and can carry misplaced guilt with us for the rest of our lives.”

A theatrical release is planned for 2018 and the pic will also be available to stream on Amazon Prime Video late in 2018. “Game of Thrones” alumni Sean Bean and Mark Stanley co-star.

“Clio Barnard has achieved a deeply affecting, unique family drama with ‘Dark River,’ one whose vision is brought to life in an outstanding performance by Ruth Wilson,” said Danny Fisher, CEO of FilmRise. “We are thrilled to release the film across North America next year and feel strongly that Clio’s voice will resonate with audiences.”

Barnard previously helmed two critically acclaimed features: 2010 doc “The Arbor,” a portrait of late playwright Andrea Dunbar, and 2013’s “The Selfish Giant,” an adaptation of an Oscar Wilde story.