EXCLUSIVE: Latvian Canadian author and director David Bezmozgis will start principal images on an adaptation of his novel The Betrayers this June.
Michael Aronov (The People, The Drop), Simon McBurney (Nosferatu, The Pale Blue Eye), Kaelen Ohm (Hit & Run, From), and Tina Benko (The Report, The Good Combat) have signed for the forged.
Bezmozgis has tailored his critically acclaimed 2014 work with Canadian author Paige Cooper.
The politically charged psychological drama follows a disgraced Israeli politician and former Soviet dissident who seeks refuge in a Crimean resort city.
Whereas there, he comes throughout the person who betrayed him a long time earlier. The encounter units off a reckoning with the previous and the murky nature of justice, reminiscence, and forgiveness.
The Crimea portion of the characteristic will likely be shot in Bari, Italy.
The mission is a Canada–Ukraine treaty co-production, produced by Invoice Marks (Forsaken) at Votex Media, Volodymyr Yatsenko, and Anna Yatsenko (U Are The Universe).
“We’re extremely proud to deliver The Betrayers to the display,” stated Marks. “David’s novel is wealthy with ethical stress, political perception, and emotional depth—and this staff is completely suited to inform that story with urgency and magnificence.”
Vortex Media will distribute the movie in Canada; the remainder of world rights stay obtainable. The movie has been made doable due to the beneficiant assist of Hollywood Suite and the Canadian Media Fund.
“This has lengthy been a ardour mission for David and Invoice, and we couldn’t be happier with the unbelievable collaborators they’ve assembled,” stated Matt Orenstein, VP Acquisitions and Technique, Vortex Media.
“We sit up for working with this staff on the Canadian launch.”
