Page Three Media and Artemis Productions, which backed \u201cThe Danish Girl,\u201d announced in Cannes \u201cSecond to Nun,\u201d a new feature from Golden Globe winning director Alain Berliner.<\/p>\n
Berliner\u2019s decades-ahead-of-its-time \u201cMa Vie en Rose,\u201d the tale of a young transgender girl with dreams of growing into a mature woman and marrying the boy next door, was a breakout hit at Cannes, nominated at the Baftas and the French Academy C\u00e9sar Awards and won a Golden Globe in 1997.<\/p>\n
\u201cSecond to Nun\u201d is a U.S., Belgium and France co-production which features a star international cast including Brigitte Fossey (\u201cCinema Paradiso\u201d), Claudia Cardinale (\u201cOnce Upon a Time in the West\u201d) Rossy de Palma (\u201cWomen on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown\u201d), Raul Torres (\u201cWonderstruck\u201d) and Larry Cech (\u201cAbsinthe\u201d). According to its producers, further cast additions are forthcoming.<\/p>\n
Set in the South of France during the Cannes Film Festival, \u201cSecond to Nun\u201d will follow the internationally renowned cast of characters as they shoot in and around Cannes and the nearby L\u00e9rins Islands. In the film, the actors and actresses will play themselves to \u201cgive the feel of the actual festival,\u201d according to a press release, which said the film will be shot \u201cin the style of Robert Altman\u2019s \u2018Pr\u00eat-\u00e0-Porter\u2019 and \u2018The Player.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
The original story behind \u201cSecond to Nun\u201d was created by Larry Cech, with co-wrote the screenplay with Nashville-based screenwriter Karen Espenant. Production on the film is set to start in 2020.<\/p>\n
Brussels-based Artemis Productions co-produced \u201cAdam,\u201d screening in this year\u2019s Un Certain Regard section in Cannes. They previously co-produced Tom Hooper\u2019s Bafta, Golden Globe, SAG Award and Oscar nominated \u201cThe Danish Girl,\u201d which scooped the Queer Lion after its 2015 world premiere at the Venice Film Festival<\/strong> and won Alicia Vikander an Academy Award for best supporting actress.<\/p>\n