Callum Turner, Riley Keough, Jamie Bell, Lukas Gage, Tracy Letts, Elena Anaya and Pamela Anderson have joined ‘Rosebush Pruning’ from filmmaker Karim Aїnouz.
They join the previously announced Elle Fanning on the cast. Keough and Turner come on board to replace Kristen Stewart and Josh O’Connor.
Aïnouz is directing from a script by Efthimis Filippou. Viola Fügen and Michael Weber are producing for The Match Factory, which is also handling worldwide sales for the film.
Commenting on his upcoming feature, Aïnouz said: “I’m so excited to bring this audacious and delicious script to life, which challenges our notions of the traditional family and the patriarchy, with this brilliant ensemble of actors who I have long admired.”
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The adaptation rights have been acquired from Kavac Film and Simone Gattoni of Kavac Film is producing. Annamaria Morelli produces for The Apartment (a Fremantle Company). Andreas Wentz and Juan Cano “Nono” from Surfilm are co-producing in Spain and Rachel Dargavel for Crybaby is co-producing in the UK.
MUBI is financing production along with The Apartment (a Fremantle company), Metafilms, Anna Films and In Bloom. German Federal Film Board, Film- und Medienstiftung NRW and Medienboard and the BFI also funded the film.
Production is underway in Spain.
