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Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal to Reunite for Benh Zeitlin’s Hold On to Your Angels

The Cannes launch positions the auteur romance to secure buyers before a February shoot.

Overview

  • Hold On to Your Angels, announced Thursday, reunites Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal under writer-director Benh Zeitlin.
  • Plan B will produce alongside Alex Coco, who is attached through his Rapt Film banner.
  • The Veterans will handle international sales and CAA Media Finance will represent U.S. rights as the project goes to the Cannes film market (Marché du Film) this month.
  • Set on the edge of South Louisiana, the story follows a hell-bound outlaw and a ferocious shepherd of lost souls who fall into catastrophic love.
  • Filming is slated to begin in February, following Buckley’s Best Actress Oscar for Hamnet and Mescal’s recent Oscar nomination.