Natalie Portman set to star in Days of Abandonment adaptation at HBO ANI | Updated: Apr 14, 2021 10:12 IST
Washington [US], April 14 (ANI): Hollywood actor Natalie Portman has signed on to lead the cast of the upcoming HBO Films production The Days of Abandonment , based on Elena Ferrante s best-selling novel.
According to Variety, the movie, which is currently in pre-production, is based on the Elena Ferrante novel of the same name. In the film, when Tess (Portman), a woman who abandoned her own dreams for stable home life, is in turn abandoned by her husband, her world is thrown off its axis.
Maggie Betts will write, direct, and executive produce the adaptation. The 39-year-old star will executive produce in addition to starring along with Sophie Mas under the pair s MountainA production banner.
Natalie Portman to star in The Days of Abandonment movie from HBO Films
HBO Films is currently in the process of developing a film adaptation of Italian author Elena Ferrante’s best-selling novel
The Days of Abandonment, with Oscar-winning actress Natalie Portman attached for the lead role. On top of starring, Portman has also signed on to executive produce through her recently-formed MountainA Films banner. This project also marks Ferrante’s second collaboration with HBO after previously working on the TV adaptation of another one of her many acclaimed novels,
My Brilliant Friend.
First published in 2002,
The Days of Abandonment is described as a visceral, no-holds-barred journey into the mind of a woman in crisis that confronts the norms of motherhood and female identity as Tess traverses the darkest reaches of her own psyche. The film will follows the story of Tess, a woman who abandoned her own dreams for a stable home life. Her world gets suddenly thrown off its
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