Penelope Cruz was chosen to play the lead character in the film adaptation. Days of abandonmentFrom Elena Ferrante. The film will be directed by Isabelle Kouchetone of the most famous Spanish directors, “Bookshop”, “Elegy”, “My life without me”. She has won ten Goya Awards, more than any other female director in Spanish history. Script Writing Assigned Lawrence CoreaFrench screenwriter best known for her work with Michael Winterbottom.
Already in 2005 Robert Faenza he adapted the novel by directing Margarita Buy as the main character of the story.
A still young, calm and contented woman, far from inactive in the safe circle of her family, suddenly throws herself at her husband and falls into a dark and ancient whirlpool. Left with two children and a dog, deeply marked by pain and humiliation, Olga from quiet Turin, where she moved for several years, is drawn in by the ghosts of her Neapolitan childhood, which seize the present and close her in. alienated and intermittent self-perception. At this moment, a devastating fall begins, from which it takes your breath away, a story that captures and pulls you to the blackest bottom, more painful than the female experience.
LOTUS PRODUCTION is a company of Leone Film Group
Lotus Production is a film and television production company led by Raffaella Leone and Andrea Leone and controlled by the Leone Film Group, a film and audiovisual company listed on the AIM Italia market since 2013. Founded and internationally recognized, Lotus Production has produced successful films and TV series over the years, collaborating with some of the leading Italian authors, including Paolo Genovese, Gabriele Muccino and Paolo Virzi. After making films like Perfect Strangers, Joy, It’s All Right and It’s All Right, the series will soon be available on Disney+, as well as two important Lotus projects: the TV adaptation of Stefania’s best-selling Lions of Sicily by Auchi , directed by Paolo Genovese i Wonderbois, is an urban fantasy series directed by Andrea De Sica and Giorgio Romano. The new season of A casa tutti bene, directed by Gabriele Muccino, airs on Sky. In April 2022, a new division of the company was opened under the leadership of Elisa Ambanelli, developing non-scripted entertainment projects with a focus on original and commercial documentaries, documentary series and TV formats.
Penelope Cruz
Oscar winner and three-time Oscar nominee Penélope Cruz is one of the most versatile actresses of our time. Past roles include Don’t Move, VOLVER, VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA and NINE. In 2021, she starred in Pedro Almodóvar’s Parallelas, for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress and won the Volpi Cup for Best Actress at the Venice Film Festival 2021. Recently, Cruz starred in Juan’s social thriller ON THE BORDER. . Diego Botto and IMMENSITY by Emanuele Crialese. He will next star in Michael Mann’s FERARRI alongside Adam Driver and Shailene Woodley.
moon lion
In 2022, Penelope Cruz teamed up with MediaPro Studio CEO Laura Fernandez Espeso to launch her own production company, Moonlyon. This international and independent company will focus on the production of premium non-fiction and drama content. The company’s goal is to create and distribute a variety of stories from around the world, relying on the global infrastructure and international authority of MediaPro. With 25 years of experience in the content industry and 56 international offices around the world, MediaPro has a strong influence in the Spanish and European production market and will assist in distribution and sales.