Oscar Winner Jessica Chastain & Peter Sarsgaard Wrap On Under-The-Radar Michel Franco Film ‘Memory’; Partners Include Teorema, High Frequency, Mubi, The Match Factory & ICM
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Marking her first feature since she won a Best Actress Oscar for The Eyes Of Tammy Faye, Jessica Chastain and Dopesick and The Batman star Peter Sarsgaard have just wrapped on Michel Franco’s (New Order) new film, which we can reveal is called Memory.Plot details are being kept under lock and key but the English-language project is rumoured to revolve around a New York City staycation.
Also starring are Merritt Wever (Birdman), Josh Charles (Dead Poets Society), Elsie Fishe (Eighth Grade), and Jessica Harper (Suspiria).The project marks Franco’s second American-set film after 2015’s Chronic, and marks the fifth collaboration between the filmmaker and cinematographer Yves Cape.
Pic wrapped shooting in New York last Friday.Franco, a festival-favourite, won the Venice Silver Lion Grand Jury Prize for recent feature New Order.
Three of his films have played at Cannes.The film is produced by Teorema in collaboration with High Frequency Entertainment, and in association with Screen Capital / Screen One, Mubi, and Case Study Films.ICM Partners is representing North American sales.
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