Two-time Oscar nominee Naomi Watts has joined the solid of “Emmanuelle,” Audrey Diwan‘s extremely anticipated erotic drama, Selection has confirmed.
Diwan’s follow-up to the Venice-prizewinning “Occurring,” the movie is impressed by Emmanuelle Arsan’s novel and relies on a script co-developed by Diwan and Rebecca Zlotowski (“Different Folks’s Kids”). The ebook facilities on a lady and the collection of erotic fantasies that she entertains. It was beforehand made right into a 1974 movie of the identical identify, directed by Simply Jaeckin and starring Sylvia Kristel, which turned a cult hit.
Watts revealed the information when she posted a now-deleted Instagram Story with “Emmanuelle” co-star Noemie Merlant, a critically acclaimed French actor who broke via in Céline Sciamma’s “Portrait of a Woman on Fireplace” and made her English-speaking debut in Todd Subject’s Oscar-nominated movie “Tar.” Merlant performs the titular function in “Emmanuelle.” The remainder of the solid contains of Will Sharpe (“The White Lotus”), Jamie Campbell Bower (“Stranger Issues”), Chacha Huang (“Cash Heist”) and Anthony Wong (“Infernal Affairs”).
Diwan is greatest identified for “Occurring,” her sophomore outing which obtained crucial raves and received the Golden Lion on the Venice Movie Pageant. “Occurring” tells the story of a lady acquiring an unlawful abortion within the Sixties. After its Venice premiere, the movie went on to win the César Award for greatest feminine newcomer for star Anamaria Vartolomei and earned nominations at BAFTAs and at DGA Awards, amongst others.
“Emmanuelle” is produced by Chantelouve, Rectangle Productions and Goodfellas. Deadline was first to report the movie’s casting information.
