Léa Seydoux has signed on to topline Audrey Diwan’s third function, “Emmanuelle.” The erotically-charged story will mark Diwan’s English-language debut and her follow-up to “Taking place,” an abortion drama that took dwelling the Golden Lion finally 12 months’s version of Venice Movie Competition. Based on Deadline, the mission is being shopped to patrons on the Cannes Market this week.
Impressed by Emmanuelle Arsan’s controversial novel “Emmanuelle,” the difference is being penned by Diwan and Rebecca Zlotowski (“Planetarium”). It follows a “younger girl’s sexual journey from the arms of her husband to intimate encounters with the wives of his enterprise associates, to additional explorations whereby the philosophical and aesthetic sides of eroticism are expounded — and enacted — to the fullest diploma,” the supply teases.
Seydoux and her “Blue Is the Warmest Coloration” co-star Adèle Exarchopoulos made historical past as the primary actresses to be awarded Cannes’ Palme d’Or once they gained alongside the movie’s director. She’s premiering two movies on the fest this 12 months, “Crimes of the Future” and “One Wonderful Morning.” The latter, from Mia Hansen-Løve, facilities on a lady struggling to search out correct look after her father, who’s affected by a neurodegenerative illness.
Diwan made her function debut with 2019’s “Dropping It.” “Taking place” is in theaters now.
Supply: Women And Hollywood