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Rose Byrne to Star as New Zealand Prime Minister Who Banned Assault Rifles After Mosque Shootings
“The Truman Show” writer Andrew Niccol to direct drama “They Were Us” about world leader Jacinda Ardern
Brian Welk | June 10, 2021 @ 12:00 PM
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Rose Byrne is set to star as Jacinda Ardern, the prime minister of New Zealand, in a drama about how Ardern took action to ban assault rifles in the country following a deadly shooting against the Muslim community in 2019.
The film is called “They Are Us,” and it’s set in the week following the terrorist attack on two mosques in the city of Christchurch in which 51 people were killed and another 49 were injured. Ardern’s response to the terrorist attack was praised worldwide, and a photo of her hugging a victim was famously projected on the side of the world’s tallest building, the Burj Khalifa. Within a month of the attack, she rallied the New Zealand parliament to pass a ban on
The Hollywood star playing Jacinda Ardern in new film about the Christchurch mosque shootings announced
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Emmy nominated actress Rose Byrne is set to play Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern in an upcoming movie about the weeks following the 2019 Christchurch mosque attacks.
The film titled
They Are Us, is written and directed by New Zealand s own Andrew Niccol and focuses on Arden as the film s protagonist.
They Are Us will follow Ardern s response to the tragic attack on 51 innocent victims on March 15 and showcases how Kiwi citizens rallied behind her message of compassion and unity.
Ardern received worldwide praise for her response to the shootings.
The Australian actress is set to play the Prime Minister in a film about the week following the 15 March Christchurch mosque attacks, according to US media reports.
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The movie is set in Wayanad and is about the feud between two families that has lasted generations
Filmmaker Nithin Lukose grew up listening to his grandmother narrate stories of people in the highlands of Wayanad. “My family moved here from Kottayam in the early 1950s. Her stories were about the hardships of the people who migrated in that era,” he says. These tales are the inspiration for him to make his début Malayalam feature film,
Paka: The River of Blood. The movie is set in Wayanad and is about the feud between two families that has lasted generations.“The place and the Orattu river there play very important roles in the film. As I am familiar with the place, choosing this as my setting felt right,” he says.
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