Following her critically acclaimed turn as legendary opera singer Maria Callas in Pablo Larraín’s “Maria,” Angelina Jolie will return to Paris to star in Alice Winocour‘s next directorial effort.
The movie, titled “Stitches” (“Coutures”), is set in the world of high fashion and unfolds in Paris. Jolie stars in the movie as a filmmaker and is one of three women whose lives will collide during Fashion Week.
Filming is expected to begin at the start of next year with Charles Gillibert‘s Paris-based banner CG Cinema producing in partnership with Zhang Xin and William Horberg of Closer Media.
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“Stitches” also reteams Winocour with French production-distribution powerhouse Pathé Films following her well-received movie “Paris Memories,” which world premiered at Cannes’ Directors Fortnight and earned its star Virginie Efira a Cesar Award (France’s equivalent to the Oscar) for her performance as a survivor of a brutal terrorist attack.
Pathé Films will distribute “Stitches” in France; Hanway Films is handling international sales. UTA Independent Film Group structured the financing for the film and is representing global and North American rights, with Hanway Films handling international sales.
The film will shoot in both French and English, in line with Winocour’s previous movie “Proxima.” The latter starred Eva Green as an astronaut preparing for a year-long stint on the International Space Station, coping with the guilt of leaving her young daughter and navigating a male-dominated environment. Green was nominated for Cesar Award for this role and the movie won the platform prize at Toronto, as well as the jury award at San Sebastian.
Jolie was last in Paris for the filming of “Maria,” which reimagines the iconic Greek opera singer during her final days in the 1970s. The movie world premiered at the Venice Film Festival and was celebrated by a eight-minute standing ovation.
Her turn as Callas has put Jolie in the best actress race for the first time in 15 years. She was last nominated in 2009 for her her work in Clint Eastwood’s “The Changeling,” and won an Oscar for best supporting actress in 2000 for “Girl, Interrupted.” “Maria” reunites Larraín and writer Steven Knight following their work on the Oscar-nominated “Spencer.”
Gillbert’s current pipeline of international projects include Jim Jarmusch’s anticipated next film “Father Mother Sister Brother” starring Cate Blanchett and Adam Driver, and Kristen Stewart’s directorial debut, “The Chronology of Water,” an adaptation of the 2011 memoir by author Lidia Yuknavitch.
Alex Ritman contributed to this report
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