Seven Day Itch: Alicia Vikander & Elizabeth Olsen Board Fleur Fortuné’s “The Assessment”

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A-list actresses Alicia Vikander and Elizabeth Olsen will be teaming on the feature film debut by a filmmaker who (it was only a matter of time) you’ve likely seen her work via her commercials and music video work. Screen Daily got the scoop that Fleur Fortuné will direct The Assessment — which will be produced by Number 9 Films’ Stephen Woolley and Elizabeth Karlsen and Germany’s augenschein Filmproduktion. Production will take place this summer in Cologne, Germany. We expect this to be a full year in post — so only ready for the fall festival circuit of 2024. We’ll be able sort out who is who shortly once further casting announcements have been made.

Co-written by Nell Garfath-Cox, Dave Thomas and John Donnelly, this futuristic drama is set in a world destroyed by climate change. Part of society has created a parallel world for itself. Life is controlled and optimized, and the desire to have children is also not left to chance. The lives of a successful young couple are therefore put under close scrutiny by a female assessor over the course of seven days.

Fortuné was part of the tag-team of Fleur&Manu with Manu Cossu and pretty got noticed with M83’s music video for Midnight City and we love the lush work she did with actress/filmmaker Ariane Labed below.

Eric Lavallée
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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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