César Award winners Ella Rumpf and Louis Garrel will co-star alongside Angelina Jolie in director Alice Winocour's first English-language film "Stitches."
I can also exclusively report that Anyier Anei, Garance Marillier and Finnegan Oldfield have been cast as well.
"Stiches" follows American filmmaker Maxine (Jolie) on a "life and death journey as she arrives in Paris for Fashion Week," reads an official logline of the movie. Filming is currently underway in Paris.
The production team includes cinematographer Andre Chemetoff, costume designer Pascaline Chavanne, and production designer Florian Sanson.
Charles Gillibert of CG Cinéma is producing alongside Zhang Xin and William Horberg of Closer Media, Bob Xu is serving as an executive producer. Pathé Films, which previously collaborated with Winocour on her Cannes Directors' Fortnight premiere "Revoir Paris," will handle distribution in France.
"Stiches" financing was structured by UTA Independent Film Group, who are also representing global and North American rights, with HanWay Films handling international sales. The project is co-produced with Chanel and France 3 Cinéma. Additional funding has been provided by La Région Île-de-France, Canal+, Ciné+, OCS and France Télévisions.
Winocour is represented by UTA and UBBA. Jolie is represented by WME and Johnson Shapiro Slewett & Kole.
Jolie's most recent project, "Maria," has earned the Oscar winner awards buzz for her portrayal of late opera great Maria Callas. The Pablo Larraín-directed drama, about the last days of the opera singer's life before she died of a heart attack at age 53 in 1977, premiered at the Venice Film Festival.
At the Los Angeles premiere of "Maria" in October, Jolie recalled her first day of singing lessons in preparation for the film. "I walked into room with the piano, and somebody said, 'Ok, let's see where you're at.' And I got really emotional. I took a big deep breath, and I let out a sound, and I started crying," she said. "I think we all don't realize how much we hold inside our bodies, and how much we carry and how much that affects our sound and our voice and our ability to make sound."