Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2022: #78. Sally Potter’s Alba

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Alba

Alba was being mounted back in September of 2019 and yet with no other developments we thought this was still in development so you can imagine our surprise to see the project listed as in post. Dating back to 1992’s Orlando with Tilda Swinton, Sally Potter‘s has pretty much checked off all the boxes in her lengthy career premiering at every major film fest and working with acting royalty. Berlin has been a home base for several of her most recent features including The Roads Not Taken and apparently Javier Bardem and Elle Fanning would have possibly been attached to a project which went into production with an Austin, Texas based Brexit-inspired comedy with cinematographer Robbie Ryan and production designer Carlos Conti on board.

Gist: A family, on an expedition scatter the ashes of an archaeologist, who battle survivor guilt and sibling rivalries. As they pitch camp at one of the archaeologist’s sites, buried tensions surface.

Release Date/Prediction: Potter has had a strong bound with the Berlin Film Festival – if this is indeed in post then we imagine a repeat showcase.

Eric Lavallée
Eric Lavalléehttps://www.ericlavallee.com
Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist, and critic at IONCINEMA.com, established in 2000. A regular at Sundance, Cannes, and Venice, Eric holds a BFA in film studies from the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013, he served on the narrative competition jury at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson’s "This Teacher" (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). He is a Golden Globes Voter, member of the ICS (International Cinephile Society) and AQCC (Association québécoise des critiques de cinéma).

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