EXCLUSIVE: Xavier Samuel and Sonal Sehgal have been forged to steer The Nice Departure.
The movie, from producer Arvind Reddy’s KVR Productions and directed by the Digital camera d’Or-nominated Pierre Filmon, is presently in post-production having shot totally in India. Sehgal wrote the script throughout lockdown, with the movie initially titled Travellers.
Plot explores patriarchy in society by way of the prism of a person and lady who by chance meet in Varanasi, and have very completely different experiences whereas on the identical street journey as they fall in love. Samuel (Twiling: Eclipse) and Sehgal (Aashayein) star.
“Rising up in a patriarchal society and but with a set of fogeys who inspired my fiercely impartial streak, I usually discovered myself in a dichotomy of how I used to be introduced up and what society anticipated of me and therefore took to cinema as a type of expression,” stated Sehgal of the script.
The movie can be appearing as a relaunch platform for KVR Productions, the Indian manufacturing home that’s run by Arvind Reddy, the grandson of famend South Indian director KV Reddy, who died in 1972. “The theme of patriarchy, the street journey style, and the script that struck a wire,” stated Arvind Reddy. “Strolling our speak, we ensured gender parity in all departments.”
Samuel has had roles within the Ana de Armes-starrer Blonde, Robin Wright and Naomi Watts movie Adore and Love and Friendship, which starred Kate Beckinsale. Earlier this week, we revealed he was one in all a number of forged in Minka Kelly’s romantic comedy for Netflix, Champagne Issues. He was additionally a sequence common in TNT drama Inform Me Your Secrets and techniques.
“I used to be very moved by Sonal’s script, its humanity and unflinching give attention to the truth of life in India, notably for ladies,” stated Samuel. “The movie has such a robust coronary heart. The drama, the romance, all of it leapt off the web page. Two characters from fully completely different realities discovering frequent floor collectively and in the end fall in love. An ode to these fleeting, probability encounters that change who you’re.”
French director Filmon, who was filming in India for the primary time, added: “From the forged and crew, drivers, safety personnel, assistants, and cooks, this dream crew was completely organized and enabled the inventive crew to provide the most effective out of a terrific script.”
Movie was Digital camera d’Or-nominated for 2016 doc Shut with Villas Zsigmond. His 2022 movie Jerry Schatzberg, Panorama Portrait premiered at Venice.
