James Franco continues his comeback as an actor with a starring role in Danish director Bill August’s post-World War II coming-of-age drama. I youAdapted from the novel. Yea, missing in action by Erie de Lucas.
Franco will star alongside Tom Holland (night manager) and Daisy Jacob (vanity fair), principal photography will take place in Ischia from September.
Franco retired from acting in early 2018 at the height of the #MeToo movement, following a series of allegations of sexual assault by several women. Also, in 2019, students at Franco’s now-closed acting and film school, Studio 4, sued the actor and his partners, accusing their students of acting out more explicit on-camera sex scenes. In 2021, Franco and related entities agreed to pay $2,235,000 to settle the lawsuit.
The action takes place in Ischia in the 1950s. I you It centers on 16-year-old Marco, who spends his days “swimming in the calm waters of the Bay of Naples with the inveterate fisherman Nicolás,” played by Franco, “who seduces Marco with his wounded sea and his post-war stories. Military service as an American soldier,” reads the plot description. “Shy and curious, Marco sets out to experience all his fascinating new surroundings have to offer, so far from his native London and dark Scottish boarding school.”
Marco is on vacation with his parents (Hollander plays his father, Edward) and “begins a summer that will change him forever when he meets and falls in love with the mysterious 20-year-old Kaya, played by Jacob. “There’s a beautiful camaraderie between them as Kaya reveals her painful past; A childhood stolen by the SS and a father who took his daughter off a train in Yugoslavia to save her from the horrors of a concentration camp. Nicholas and Kaya’s harrowing stories arouse in Marco the fierce disgust of the SS, and when he comes across a group of rude German tourists on the island, he decides to exact revenge for Kaya’s pain. This sounds alarm to Kaya, who avoids him, but, consumed by his passion and his impossible love for her, Marco plans an arson attack on the German’s village to prove he is worthy of Kaya’s love.
Directed by August (skin the conqueror, best intentionsWith a screenplay written by Greg Latter (Goodbye Bafana), I you Produced by Sean O’Kelly of Brilliant Pictures (iron sky) and Mark Bikindu (black drink, unfaithful), Mark Hammond of Crystal Pixie (traitorJudd with Ben Ammar and Leo Meidenberg (deep fear, sisters with guns) who are on board as co-producers.
“I am delighted to be working with hundreds and the legendary Bill August on this phenomenal project,” said Franco. “I am a great admirer of your work and I you It’s a really brilliant script.”
Based in London and Rome, Brilliant Pictures manages sales rights worldwide. Franco is represented by Anonymous Content and United Talent Agency in the US, as well as Adequat Agency in France. The Netherlands is represented by Anonymous Content in the US and United Agents in the UK.
Ahead of this year’s Cannes Film Festival and the fair, it was announced that Franco would star in an action thriller. makes me starting the singing detective Directed by Juan Amiel.
Source: Hollywood Reporter
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