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‘Queen of the South’s’ Alice Braga to Star in New Carolina Jabor Film, Based on Novel by Cannes Jury Member Leila Slimani (EXCLUSIVE)
The adaptation of Leila Slimani’s ‘In the Garden of the Ogre’ is co-produced by Disney and ‘I’m Still Here’s’ Globoplay and Conspiraçao.
Announced by Variety at the Cannes Festival, the adaptation turns on Júlia, a successful journalist lives comfortably in São Paulo with her surgeon husband and young son. “I’m thrilled that ‘In the Garden of the Ogre’ is being adapted for cinema,” said Slimani, whose second novel, “Lullaby” (aka “The Perfect Nanny”) won the Prix Goncourt, a top French literary award. Braga also starred in Apple TV’s “Dark Matter.” Teaming with top writers – Lucas Paraizo on “Liquid Truth,” Clarice Falcão on “Elected” – Jabor has consolidated as one of Brazil’s foremost female directors.
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