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Dirty Weekend
Director: Neil LaBute
Writer: Neil LaBute
Producers: Duncan Montgomery, Tiller Russell, Joey Stewart
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Matthew Broderick, Alice Eve, Phil Burke
It seems LaBute had...
The thrill of meeting Marjane Satrapi reminded me of being 6 years old at Disney Land when I met the living, breathing Cinderella. Except Cinderella was an actress with a blond wig and Marjane is the real woman behind her autobiographical graphic novel, turned movie, “Persepolis”. The distinctive mole on her nose and her dark sultry eyes rose off the page and appeared in front of me, smoking and speaking with a French accent.