Quick #TIFF13 break -- but perhaps we are talking #TIFF14 here! Just as I started wondering what was happening to the plans Wim Wenders had announced in our Goethe Directors Talk two years ago of wanting to realize a 3D feature in Canada, this announcement comes along from our friends at Mongrel. Unbelievable cast -- I am just missing the earlier announcement that Wenders' friend Sarah Polley would star?!
Canadian distributor Mongrel Media announces that principal photography for Wim Wenders’ new film EVERY THING WILL BE FINE will start on August 13, 2013, in Montréal. The Oscar©-nominated director is making his film in 3D once again, following the worldwide success of his groundbreaking film PINA. The film stars James Franco (OZ THE GREAT AND POWERFUL; SPRING BREAKERS), Charlotte Gainsbourg (I’M NOT THERE; MELANCHOLIA) and Marie-Josée Croze (THE BARBARIAN INVASIONS; THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY). Benoît Debie (IRREVERSIBLE; ENTER THE VOID), who is particularly well known for his cooperation with Gaspar Noé, will be behind the camera.
EVERY THING WILL BE FINE,
based on an original script by the Norwegian Bjørn Olaf Johannessen, tells the story of Tomas (James Franco), a writer who loses control of his life after a car accident. Even though he is not directly at fault, his relationship with his girlfriend breaks down because of this event and his life and work suddenly set off in a completely new direction. The film follows Tomas over a period of 12 years and tells an intimate story of guilt and the search for forgiveness.
Wim Wenders, who pioneered a new form of three-dimensional storytelling with his work on PINA, has continued to push for new possibilities of expression in 3D since then. Wenders says: “EVERY THING WILL BE FINE is an intimate drama that tells the story of a man who sees the world through different eyes after suffering a traumatic shock. He has to learn to accept what he can no longer change.
We are entering new narrative territory with this project. I am convinced that the medium of 3D will be able to open up an entirely new dimension of emotional closeness to our story and its protagonists.”
EVERY THING WILL BE FINE is a German-Canadian-Swedish-Norwegian co-production. Filming starts on 13 August on location in Montréal and will continue after a break in winter 2014.
EVERYTHING WILL BE FINE will be released in 2014 in Germany.
