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Rooney Mara to Star and Executive Produce Antonia Campbell-HughesParis-SetQuest for Love

The Cannes market launch signals a bold, female-led drama tailored for international buyers.

Overview

  • The project, announced Thursday, casts Mara as Maris and confirms her role as an executive producer.
  • HanWay Films will launch international sales at the Cannes market, with WME Independent handling North America.
  • Wild Atlantic Pictures produces via Macdara Kelleher and John Keville under a Screen IrelandLuxembourg program for female and non-binary filmmakers.
  • The story tracks Maris in Paris’s Marais district as she tests her bond with her estranged 10-year-old son while hints of violence shadow her life.
  • Writer-director Antonia Campbell-Hughes builds on her SXSW-launched debut It Is in Us All and her recently wrapped feature High End.