Robert Lantos-produced lesbian romance Maya & Samar, whose NC-17 rating generated some heat late last year, has secured U.S. distribution with Quiver.

The film tells the story of a brief yet torrid love affair between a Canadian journalist and a queer Afghan refugee whose lives intersect over the course of several days in Athens.

Directed by Anita Doron, screenwriter of Oscar nominated The Breadwinner, and written by Tamara Faith Berger, the film stars Nicolette Pearse and Amanda Babaei Vieira, winner of Germany’s Ulrich Wildgruber Prize, in its titular roles.