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WestEnd Films has boarded world income connected Margot & Rudi, a romanticist play from head Anthony Fabian (Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris) and starring Naomi Watts (Mulholland Drive).
The movie is described arsenic an “electrifying existent communicative of ballet legends Margot Fonteyn and Rudolf Nureyev.”
The charismatic synopsis reads: “She is 42, nan top ballerina successful nan West, and sensing her profession is over; he is 23, a rebellious Soviet defector—magnetic, explosive, unstoppable. Together, they ignite nan shape and go icons of nan Swinging Sixties. Margot is reborn by Rudi’s chaotic energy, but their enslaved is analyzable by her matrimony and his matter pinch different dancer. To sphere what they have, they will consequence everything for 1 defining ballet—because nan only spot they tin genuinely beryllium together… is connected stage.”
Naomi Watts will prima arsenic Margot Fonteyn. Alexandr Trush, Principal Dancer pinch nan Hamburg Ballet, will represent Rudolf Nureyev. The movie besides stars Richard E. Grant (Can You Ever Forgive Me?), Demián Bichir (A Better Life), and Harriet Walter (Succession).
The screenplay is written by Olivia Hetreed (Girl pinch a Pearl Earring). The imaginative squad includes hairsbreadth and constitution designer Karen Hartley Thomas (Golda), choreographer Arthur Pita (Ex Machina), and BAFTA-winning costume designer Fotini Dimou (The Children Act).
The movie is group to sprout successful October and is produced by Mike Goodridge for Good Chaos (Triangle of Sadness), Anthony Fabian for Elysian Films (SKIN), Olivia Hetreed for Sympathetic Ink, and Chris Coen (Funny Games). Executive Producers are Thom Mount, Jeffrey Berg, and Andy Paterson.
