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Their elation at landing funding for their new movie quickly turned to devastation for Scots scriptwriter Lesley Paterson and her film director husband Simon Marshall.

The couple had been celebrating the good news on the terrace of a Beverly Hills hotel in November after getting backing to bring the 1946 book Man's Search for Meaning to the big screen. But their elation at landing funding for their new movie quickly turned to devastation for Scots scriptwriter Lesley Paterson and her film director husband Simon Marshall (pictured at the 2023 Vanity Fair Oscar Party) Ms Paterson, who won a Bafta for the 2022 Oscar- winning film All Quiet on the Western Front, said they see parallels with their own situation and Frankl's exploration of the human urge to find meaning amid adversity.

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