They say write…what you know, and perhaps in this case, writing what is unknown. It’s the sort of the artistic philosophy that filmmaker Sian Heder might have applied in developing a project that landed at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival (walked away with the 3rd Prize Cinéfondation Ex-aequo prize) with the first iteration of the eventual feature being a short film called Mother. Fast forward almost a decade later and production was lined up this June with Ellen Page and Allison Janney toplining a true exploration of what it might mean to be a mother figure. Coming off the heals of her writing and producer gig with television’s “Orange Is the New Black”, Tallulah has got a strong producer Sundance alumni team supporting the Heder’s directorial debut. With such a long gestation period, we’re thinking that this might illicit a strong emotional response from future auds.
Gist: This is about a free spirit whom everybody thinks has kidnapped a baby after she rescues the child from her reckless mother. The woman pretends the baby is hers with the mother of her ex-boyfriend. When the baby is returned to her rightful mother the three women forge an unbreakable bond.
Production Co./Producers: Heather Rae (I Believe in Unicorns), Route One’s Russell Levine (Secret in Their Eyes), Maiden Voyage’s Chris Columbus and Eleanor Columbus (Mediterranea), Todd Traina (What Maisie Knew).
Prediction: U.S. Dramatic Competition.
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available. ICM Partners (domestic). Good Universe (international)
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