Some cool news for a filmmaker who cut her teeth in the micro indie sphere, Our Father, the Devil (Mon père, le diable) filmmaker Ellie Foumbi is taking a significant stride up signing onto direct Halle Berry for a Killer Films (AGC Studios) project set to film in Paris. Fleur is a drama about a New York housewife who flees to Paris after 30 years of marriage, and reinvents herself as an upscale escort and dominatrix. Screen Daily reports that production is scheduled to commence in early 2026. Killer Films’ Christine Vachon and Pam Koffler will produce alongside Halle Berry and Holly Jeter’s HalleHolly Productions, and Gabriel Mayers of Plot Twist Pictures. We imagine that further casting might include some French players.
“Fleur carves out her own power and identity in her new life, but when her past catches up with her, the question becomes not just whether she will return, but whether she can.” Our Father, the Devil was selected for the Biennale College – Cinema sidebar at 2021 Venice Film Festival and netted Independent Spirit Award and Gotham Award nominations.
