‘Alias Grace’ & ‘True Detective’ Star Sarah Gadon To Make Directorial Debut On ‘Lullabies For Little Criminals’ — TIFF
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Fresh off starring in Toronto Film Festival drama North Of Normal, Sarah Gadon is set to make her directorial debut on feature Lullabies For Little Criminals, based on Heather O’Neill’s 2007 novel which won the Canada Reads competition.Alias Grace and True Detective star Gadon will adapt the screenplay and also produce alongside Brightlight Pictures’ (Firefly Lane) Shawn Williamson and Emily Alden.
Production is slated to take place in Montreal.The movie will follow thirteen year-old Baby who vacillates between childhood comforts and adult temptation.
Her father, Jules, takes better care of his drug habit than he does of his daughter, however when her blossoming beauty captures the attention of a charismatic and dangerous local it creates a volatile situation which threatens to crush Baby’s spirit.Gadon’s latest feature is Carly Stone drama North of Normal which launched on Sunday at TIFF.
The Canadian actress stars with Robert Carlyle, James D’Arcy, Amanda Fix, River Price-Maenpaa and Benedict Samuel. She is also this year’s TIFF Micki Moore Writer in Residency.Gadon, a former TIFF Rising Star, is best known for her work in Mary Harron’s well-received Netflix limited series Alias Grace.
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