EXCLUSIVE: Curzon has acquired UK-Ireland rights to Ben Sharrock’s third function Alone Together, starring Callum Turner, Adria Arjona and Amir El-Masry, from the UK’s HanWay Films.
UK writer-director Sharrock’s follow-up to Limbo follows a British filmmaker, performed by Turner, dealing with a life disaster as he visits the Arabian desert for a job.
His profession is stalling, he’s getting ready to a divorce, and he’s feeling responsible about being an absent father to his younger son. During a freak rainstorm he has a fleeting and highly effective reference to a stranger (Arjona) and additionally develops a bond with a charismatic native information, performed by El-Masry, who beforehand starred in Limbo.
Oscar and Bafta-winning The Father and The Son filmmaker Florian Zeller and Federica Sainte-Rose’s France-US Blue Morning Pictures produces.
The movie can be shot in Oman and Jordan within the autumn.
“We were deeply impressed by Ben’s script for Alone Together, which is at turns funny, insightful and soul searching,” stated Louisa Dent, Curzon Film managing director, who negotiated the cope with HanWay’s head of gross sales Nicole Mackey. “We can’t wait to see how it comes together with this incredible cast.”
Mackey added: “As a film student Ben Sharrock loved to dive into Curzon films – both classics and new. He could not be happier. They are the perfect partner for this film.”
