Ariane Labed to Star in English-Language Witch Hunt Drama ‘The Possessed’
French actress Ariane Labed, who won the best actress award at Venice for Attenberg and starred in both The Lobster and Flux Gourmet (pictured), has boarded The Possessed, the third feature from Bosnian-Dutch writer-director Ena Sendijarević, reports Variety.
The Possessed is set in 17th-century Europe, where two women fleeing the witch hunts create a refuge at the edge of the world, until a man becomes their unwilling captive and sparks a dangerous love triangle.
The film will mark Sendijarević’s English-language debut and is expected to round out its international cast in the coming months.
Sendijarević broke out internationally with her idiosyncratic feature debut Take Me Somewhere Nice (2019), which was selected for ACID Cannes and won the Special Jury Prize at the International Film Festival Rotterdam, adds the site. She previously attracted attention with her short Import (2016), which premiered in Cannes’ Directors’ Fortnight and was the Dutch entry to the Oscars.
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