In 2021, Natalie Portman took over the making of the film, who announced her resignation a few months later, leading to the cancellation of the project. The new film will be produced by the Italian company Lotus in collaboration with Penelope Cruz’s Moonlyon.
Penelope Cruz will star in and produce an American adaptation of “Days of abandonment‘ From Elena Ferrante, in the English version, written by Isabelle Kouache. The actress will play Olga, a writer who is forced to give up her creative ambitions when her husband leaves her and her daughters.
The Natalie Portman project was then closed
Natalie Portman, who will play the role of both lead actress and executive producer, has taken over the making of the film in 2021, following the resounding success that Elena Ferrante’s literary works have also found in America. The film was to be produced by HBO and would have been destined to be available on the HBO Max catalog, at least in America. Surprise rejection of Natalie Portmanthen determined cancel shots and consequently the cancellation of the entire project. “For unforeseen personal reasons, Natalie Portman resigned”This was stated by an HBO spokesperson in August 2021.
What is “Days of Abandonment” about?
Now the production of the new film will be taken over by Lotusan Italian company created on the basis of a division of the Leone Film Group, together with Moonlion, owned by Penelope Cruz and her brother in collaboration with Laura Fernandez Espeso. ‘Abandonment Day‘, the American title of the film, explores the inner lives of the main characters while respecting the plot novel by Elena Ferrante. This is a story about Olga, who was abandoned by her husband Mario at the end of an apparently happy marriage because of his love for Carla, a twenty-year-old girl whom he gave chemistry lessons to several years ago. Olga will begin a deep introspective journey in search of the mistakes she has made, oscillating between realizing that a woman cannot survive without love and having to move on for the love of her children.