Robert Pattinson takes on the Polish cult horror movie

It was an enormous success on the Cannes pageant in 1981, the place the primary actress – the French star Isabelle Adjani – gained the Palme d’Or for the most effective actress, and later additionally the Cesar Award. Like most of Andrzej Żuławski’s work, the portray brought on controversy amongst critics, and was solely appreciated years later.

Greater than 4 a long time later, Robert Pattinson – star of “Twilight” and “Batman” – determined to movie. He invited the creator of the horror movie “Smile”, Parker Finn, to direct the image.

In response to data obtained by the Hollywood Reporter, there’s a struggle for the rights of the venture. Talks with events are within the early phases, however THR is even writing a few “bidding conflict” to redo the Pole’s work.

Andrzej Żuławski’s 1981 movie motion, a French-German worldwide co-production, takes place in West Berlin. The Berlin Wall and the inscription “Die Mauer muss weg” – “the wall should disappear” are sometimes proven within the movie. The start line and the dramatic axis of “Possession” is a wedding break – the rationale for the plot was the divorce of the director from Małgorzata Braunek, which he skilled loads.

The hero – the spy Mark, performed by Sam Neill – leaves his job and returns house to his spouse Anna (Isabelle Adjani) and his son. Quickly, the girl asks for a divorce and falls into more and more unusual emotional states. At first, Mark believes that the reason for the disaster is his accomplice’s relationship with the a lot older Heinrich (Heinz Bennent), a narcissist in love with esotericism who influenced Anna with Japanese philosophy and located the wise aspect of life. Nonetheless, it rapidly seems that the hero’s spouse is beneath the affect of a a lot stronger energy.

Żuławski used the so-called poetry within the movie. gore cinema – a sort of horror movie characterised by scenes with blood, exhibiting nice violence – which at the moment was a really creative menace and was obtained with blended emotions. The heroine’s husband hires a non-public detective who discovers that Anna has an in depth relationship with a monster, neither human nor animal, which eats the our bodies of its victims. The state of affairs turns into much more sophisticated when he meets a lady who appears to be like loads like his untrue spouse. Years later, the image was appreciated for its “new strategy to supernatural psychological horror” and bought the standing of a cult work.

In an interview a number of years in the past, the late director informed me: – On the set, I fought actually with everybody: producers and actors. Adjani didn’t need to do intercourse scenes with the monster for a very long time. After which it turned out that it was for the function that she gained the one Palme d’Or and, furthermore, Caesar.

Parker Finn not solely directs, but additionally writes the script. Robert Pattinson and his firm Icki Eneo Arlo are in a luxurious state of affairs: a very powerful gamers within the business are competing for the rights to make the movie. Hollywood and past.

On the identical time, viewers have an interest within the query: will Robert Pattinson determine to play the primary male function? The actor himself, who doesn’t have a busy calendar in any respect and can simply be on the set of the sequel to Batman directed by Matt Reeves on the finish of the yr, continues to be mysteriously silent.

Not so fascinating is the query of who will play the function of Adjani, who gained her the Cesar and the Palme d’Or.