‘How to Have Sex’ Breakout Star Mia McKenna-Bruce Lands Lead Role in Next Claire Denis’ Feature
variety.comMia McKenna-Bruce, the breakout star of 2023 hit “How to Have Sex” and this year’s BAFTA Rising Star winner, has been cast in her next major project.
The Brit will star alongside Matt Dillon and Isaach de Bankolé in “The Cry of the Guard” (“Le Cri Des Gardes”), the next feature from French auteur director Claire Denis, taking over from Riley Keough in a lead role.
The film — being produced by French production outfits Curiosa Films and Vixens, with Senegal’s Astou Production and backing from Arte France Cinema — is adapted from Bernard-Marie Koltes’ play “Black Battles With Dogs,” and was written by Denis, Suzanne Lindon and Andrew Litvack.
The story spans one night near a vast construction site in Senegal, where a group of workers are confronted by a man whose brother was killed on the premises in a work-related incident.
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