Angelina Jolie to Star in ‘Proxima’ Director Alice Winocour’s Next Film, Set During Paris Fashion Week (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comMaria,” Angelina Jolie will return to Paris to star in Alice Winocour‘s next directorial effort. The movie, titled “Stitches” (“Coutures”), is set in the world of high fashion and unfolds in Paris.
Jolie stars in the movie as a filmmaker and is one of three women whose lives will collide during Fashion Week. Filming is expected to begin at the start of next year with Charles Gillibert‘s Paris-based banner CG Cinema producing in partnership with Zhang Xin and William Horberg of Closer Media. “Stitches” also reteams Winocour with French production-distribution powerhouse Pathé Films following her well-received movie “Paris Memories,” which world premiered at Cannes’ Directors Fortnight and earned its star Virginie Efira a Cesar Award (France’s equivalent to the Oscar) for her performance as a survivor of a brutal terrorist attack.
Pathé Films will distribute “Stitches” in France; Hanway Films is handling international sales. UTA Independent Film Group structured the financing for the film and is representing global and North American rights, with Hanway Films handling international sales.
The film will shoot in both French and English, in line with Winocour’s previous movie “Proxima.” The latter starred Eva Green as an astronaut preparing for a year-long stint on the International Space Station, coping with the guilt of leaving her young daughter and navigating a male-dominated environment.
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