O’Toole, Chaplin sail on The Swan Boat
Iconic actors Peter O’Toole and Geraldine Chaplin will face the cameras again for the forthcoming Jennifer and the Swan Boat.
O’Toole will play a former ballet star who develops an improbable friendship with a mute orphan, and eventually coaches her to ballet stardom. The film unfolds mainly in the Paris National Opera House where Chaplin leads the Ballet Company. Casting is on to locate a youthful ballerina to play Jennifer. Claude Bessy, a former Prima Ballerina at the Paris National Opera will play herself and choreograph the dance scenes.
The €5m French-UK production will mark the feature debut of Michael Beyer, who is best known for his television productions of classical music including All in One Hand: The Pianist Paul Wittgenstein and Bach: Goldberg Variations. Script is by David Amory Lown, who also produces alongside Patricia Twohill Lown of Palancar Productions. Financing is from Région Ile-de-France and private equity.
Other cast members include Jeanne Manson (The Piano Player), Daniel Downing, Brigitte Moati (Tony Zoreil) and Larrio Ekson (Aurore [+see also:
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The film is set for an eight-week shoot in Paris and surrounding locations commencing spring 2011.
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