John Malkovich, Kristen Scott Thomas Join ‘Lost and Found in Paris’ – The Hollywood Reporter
Having already informed the story of Oscar Wilde’s time in Paris in 2018’s The Completely satisfied Prince, famous British actor, director and creator Rupert Everett is about to show the lens on his personal interval within the French capital.
Misplaced and Present in Paris will dive into the hedonism, seduction and intrigue of Nineteen Seventies Paris, with Everett set to direct from his self-penned screenplay, based mostly on his personal true-life experiences.
Equipment Clarke, the rising star of Get Even and Leonardo, will play Everett’s youthful self: an unruly teenager despatched by his exasperated mother and father to stay with a Parisian socialite household to be taught French and develop up.
Misplaced and Present in Paris can even star two-time Oscar nominee John Malkovich, Oscar nominee and BAFTA winner Kristin Scott Thomas and Everett himself in a supporting position.
The movie is being produced by Jeremy Thomas at Recorded Image Firm (Pinocchio, Horny Beast, The Dreamers) and can go into manufacturing in Spring 2022. HanWay Movies is dealing with worldwide gross sales and distribution and can begin gross sales on the American Movie Market. Presentation of the movie at AFM is supported with funds awarded by the UK World Display screen Fund, a U.Ok. authorities fund administered by the British Movie Institute.
Rupert (Clarke) is a 17-year-old artwork pupil in Paris in 1977. Stunning and gauche, he’s seduced into the hedonistic world of rival vogue designers Gary Saint Lazare (Everett) and Wim Waldemar (Malkovich) within the dying days of disco. Scenes of intrigue and debauchery are performed out below the coloured neon lights of the notorious Membership 7. Misplaced in an unforgettable period, Rupert has a sexual awakening and experiences a darkish past love. Solely after tragedy strikes does he notice that some loyalties don’t final endlessly.
“Misplaced and Present in Paris is a movie concerning the rollercoaster of life, the exuberance and glamour of youth, seen via the lens of a life effectively lived,” stated Everett. “I went to Paris on an alternate journey in 1977. I used to be imagined to be taught French. As a substitute I found vogue, disco, medicine, lease boys and eventually — proper on the fringe of the abyss — myself.”
Added Thomas: “I’ve recognized Rupert since his unimaginable display debut in One other Nation, and his multifaceted skills and private story makes Misplaced and Present in Paris an uncommon mix of comedy with true-life journey.”
The movie is about to function a soundtrack full of a number of the biggest hits from the disco and punk period.
“What enjoyable, what pleasure to expertise the liberty, occasion and disco of Nineteen Seventies Paris via the distinctive private lens of somebody who tasted each final drop of it,” stated HanWay Movies managing director Gabrielle Stewart. “It’s the proper second for the market to embrace the celebration of such a hedonistic time filled with spirit and life.”
Everett and Scott Thomas are represented by Impartial Expertise and Malkovich by WME. Clarke is represented by Maya Hambro of Perception MP and Administration 360 within the U.S.
