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‘We Will Push Acting to Levels Not Seen in a While,’ Says Ruben Östlund About Next Movie, as New Joachim Trier, Tarek Saleh Pics Are Unveiled in Cannes
The upcoming Östlund pic was presented at Cannes at a Film I Väst press gathering, alongside the next Tarek Saleh, Joachim Trier.
Talking the challenge of shooting the movie ”99% in a closed set for over 70 days,” Östlund said he will ”push the acting to levels not seen in a long time.” ”I will really work with the actors’ presence, as we will drive the audience from the very beginning, through this chain of events, and follow the characters’ journey – we will be right there in their faces!” Academy-award French composer Alexandre Desplat has joined the project due for delivery in 2025.The third instalment in Saleh’s Cairo trilogy after “The Nile Hilton Incident” and “Boy from Heaven” is produced by SF Studios, which handles Nordic rights. Also sneak-peeked were the Noomi-Rapace starrer “Mother” by Macedonia’s Teona Stugar Mitevska, Hobab Sweden’s “The Wolf Will Tear Your Immaculate Hands” by Nathalie Álvarez Mesén (“Clara Sola”) and “Bouran” by Iranian duo Maryam Moghadda and Maryam Moghaddam (“My Favourite Cake”), Mirroring the diversity of Norwegian film, “The Ugly Sister”, will offer a new take on Cinderella by newcomer Emilie Blichfeldt, starring Lea Myren (“Kids in Crime”) Thea Sofie Loch Naess (“The Last Kingdom”), Ane Dahl Torp (“The Wave”).
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