Justine Triet to shoot Fonda this spring
- Mia Goth, Andrew Scott, Frank Dillane, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett and Allison Janney will star in the first English-language film by the French filmmaker, winner of the Palme d’Or for Anatomy of a Fall
Buoyed by her Cannes victory three years ago with Anatomy of a Fall [+see also:
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As revealed by online news site Deadline, the cast also comprises British talent Mia Goth (recently seen in the X-Pearl-MaXXXine trilogy, Infinity Pool [+see also:
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Written by Justine Triet, the script - the finer details of which are being kept under wraps - is touted as “a psychological thriller set in a seemingly idyllic confined context and a deep-dive into the heady shifting limits of a healthy mind as grief and obsession take over.”
Fonda is being produced by Marie-Ange Luciani for Les Films de Pierre and by David Thion for Les Films Pelléas (the duo who previously helmed Anatomy of a Fall), and co-produced by StudioCanal (which has acquired distribution rights in France, Germany, Italy, the Benelux countries, Poland, Australia and New Zealand). International sales are being handled by mk2 Films.
For the record, Les Films de Pierre currently have Le triangle d’or by Hélène Rosselet-Ruiz in post-production (read our article). Les Films Pelléas, meanwhile, are due to commence shooting on Mariage au goût d'orange by Christophe Honoré next Monday (read our article) and are overseeing post-production on La Vie d’une femme by Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet, La Vénus électrique (Venus Electrificata) by Pierre Salvadori (read our article) and the co-production Call Me Queen by Emily Atef.
(Translated from French)
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