Noémie Merlant To Star In Audrey Diwan-Directed ‘Emmanuelle’; Hot EFM Package Shoots September In Hong Kong
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Happening writer-director Audrey Diwan has recalibrated her English-language debut Emmanuelle, which is a working title.
She has set Noémie Merlant (Portrait of a Lady on Fire) to star in a film that will begin production September in Hong Kong.
The Veterans and CAA Media Finance will be discussing the script with buyers at this week’s European Film Market. Merlant gave her breakthrough performance in Céline Sciamma’s Portrait of a Lady on Fire, and her recent work includes the Jacques Audiart-directed Paris, 13th District, the Louis Garrel-directed The Innocent, and she starred in her first English-speaking role opposite Cate Blanchett in the Oscar-nominated Todd Field-directed Tár.
The film is inspired by the character and world created by Emmanuelle Arsan. Diwan wrote the script with Rebecca Zlotowski (Other People’s Children).
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