The feature film The Confessionsthe latest from the trio of Canadian filmmakers, Guy Maddin, Galen Johnson y Evan Johnsonalready has the main pieces of its cast.
The cast will be led by Alexander Skarsgård (Wicker), Hunter Schafer (Blade Runner 2099, Euphoria), Maya Hawke (Stranger Things) y Harry Melling (Pillion).
Ari Aster (Hereditary, Midsummer) y Lars Knudsen will produce under their Square Peg label, according to reports from Variety.
Described as a sobering psychodramedy, The Confessions follows a group of doomed nuns who witness a cursed love triangle—spanning across the globe—between a missing sea captain and his wife, a poet.
The film reunites Maddin and the Johnson brothers with Square Peg, a production company that joined the project in its early stages of development after having collaborated with the filmmakers on the political satire Rumoursa film that premiered out of competition at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival. Daniel Bekerman's Scythia Films has also joined the project as another of the production companies.
The project is presented at the AFM by CAA Media Finance and WME Independent, which jointly represent the rights for the United States, and the French distributor Charades, in charge of international sales.
Elevation Pictures will distribute the film in Canada.
Some of the projects produced by Square Peg include Bugonia, Midsummer, The Dramawhile Scythia Films has produced The Witch, The Apprenticey Falling.
About The Confessions, Ari Aster stated the following in a press release:
“I have long been a fervent admirer of the great Canadian magician Guy Maddin and his equally brilliant collaborators Evan and Galen Johnson. They rank high among my favorite filmmakers in the world, and The Confessions It is a work as unique and captivating as any they have written.”
Maddin and the Johnson brothers made their first joint feature film, Rumours (2024), an absurdist political comedy starring Cate Blanchett, Alicia Vikander and Charles Dance that follows several world leaders who get lost in a forest during a G7 summit. The trio is known for their surreal storytelling that transcends genres.
Source: https://cine3.com/elenco-the-confessions-alexander-skarsgard-hunter-schafer-maya-hawke-harry-melling/
