There seemed to be no hope left, but in the end the English adaptation Days of abandonment based on Elena Ferrante will be ready. The bestseller will inspire the creation of an international film with Penelope Cruz, who will play the main character: this is what has become known.
After leaving Natalie PortmanFor Days of abandonment there seemed to be no hope left. The actress won an Oscar for Best Actress for the film. Black Swan he was to star in the project assigned to HBO. However, after a lump sum payment “unexpected personal reasons(which were never clarified) also production was officially canceled and a film based on the bestseller Elena Ferrante, sank into oblivion. At least until now.
Lately, indeed, Lotus Production is a Leone Film Group company. and production company Moonlyon they decided to revive a project that seemed to have no hope. Moreover, the name of the new main character, by the way, another Oscar-winning actress, also surfaced: Penelope Cruz.
Always associated with our local cinema, the Spanish translator has performed several times in Italian, for example in Do not move (2004)e Vastness (2022). Thus, it is she who will give the novel voice and body. Days of abandonmentborn from the pen of a mysterious local writer who will adapted into English. Here are all the other details that have become known at the moment.
Days of abandonmentElena Ferrante’s novel will be adapted into a film starring Penelope Cruz.
It’s not the first time Days of abandonment comes out on the big screen. In fact, back in 2005, a film adaptation directed by Roberto Faenza and set in Turin, debuted in cinemas. To play the main roles Margarita Buy, Luca Zingaretti AND Goran Bregovic. Despite the cast, the film received mostly negative reviews and now, almost twenty years later, it seems the time has come to “rehabilitate” the work.
Rafaella AND Andrea Leonewith Oscar winner Penelope Cruz, are developing an English-language film adaptation. As already mentioned, the film will be produced by Lotus Productionscompany Leone Film Groupfrom Penelope Cruz with his production company Moonlyonand from Edu Cruz AND Marco Perego With Nimoa Entertainment.
The film will feature direction Isabelle Quacheone of the most famous Spanish directors, “Bookstore”, “Elegy”, “My Life Without Me”. She was awarded ten Goya awards, more than any other female director in Spanish history. Scenario Days of abandonmentinstructed instead Lawrence CoreaFrench screenwriter, best known for her work with Michael Winterbottom.
For Elena Ferrante, this is yet another adaptation on the big screen, at the international level. Just think about Dark daughter (Lost Daughter), directorial debut Maggie Gyllenhaalpresented at the competition 78th Venice Film Festival. The film also received three nominations for Oscar Awards 2022, as Best Actress (Olivia Colman), Best Supporting Actress (Jessie Buckley) and Best Adapted Screenplay (Maggie Gyllenhaal). In short, the project seems to have been born with the best of intentions.