Fremantle’s The Apartmentwill partner withThe Match Factory,Mubi, Kavac FilmandRai Cinemato produce Karim Aïnouz’s next feature film“Rosebushpruning.”
Directed by Aïnouz, the film’s lead cast includesKristen Stewart(“Love Lies Bleeding,” “Spencer”),Josh O’Connor(“Challengers,” “God’s Own Country”) andElle Fanning(“Teen Spirit,” “The Great”). Aïnouz is directing from a script written byEfthimis Filippou(Kinds of Kindness, Dogtooth,The Lobster), which is an adaptation from Marco Bellocchio’s debut featureFists in the Pocket.
Viola Fügen and Michael Weber are producing“Rosebushpruning”for The Match Factory, who are also handling worldwide sales for the film. The adaptation rights have been acquired from Kavac Film also attached at the production team with Simone Gattoni. The Apartment, a Fremantle Company, is co-producing, with Annamaria Morelli as executive producer. Rachel Dargavel for Crybaby Films is co-producing in the UK. Mubi is financing production alongside Catherine Boily and Mitch Oliver’s metafilms and Anna Films in association with Fremantle. Film und Medienstiftung NRW, Medienboard and the German Federal Film Board also funded the film.
“We are extremely happy to be part of this important film together with exceptional partners such as The Match Factory, MUBI, Kavac and Rai Cinema,” said Annamaria Morelli, CEO, The Apartment. “We deeply appreciate Karim Aïnouz’s films and are enthusiastic of the way he and Efthymis Filippou adapted Bellocchio’s masterpiece, revisited with a strikingly bold and original vision.”
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Commenting on“Rosebushpruning,” Aïnouz said: “Marco Bellocchio’s astonishing debut, ‘Fists in the Pocket,’ was released over 50 years ago and had a huge impact on Italian cinema and storytelling at the time. I’m excited to be collaborating with Efthimis Filippou to revisit this iconic work to create a contemporary parable about the explosion of the traditional patriarchal family — which I hope will be touching and provocative in equal measure. It’s a dream come true to be working with such a dynamic ensemble of actors that I have long admired to bring this explosive adaptation to audiences today.”
The film will begin production later this year.
Aïnouz is represented by Lark Management, CAA and Andre des Rochers.
