Leo Barraclough International Features EditorFrances O’Connor is in week two of the edit for her debut feature as writer-director, “Emily,” which brings to life the world of author Emily Brontë in the years leading up to the creation of her seminal novel “Wuthering Heights.” Variety speaks to O’Connor about the film, which has been pre-sold by Embankment Films to multiple major territories.As an actor O’Connor has had a successful career, appearing in such films as “The Importance of Being Earnest” and “A.I.
Artificial Intelligence,” and series such as “Madame Bovary” and “The Missing,” with the latter two each earning her a Golden Globe nomination.About 10 years ago, a love of Emily Brontë led her to start writing a script about the.
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