Minerva Pictures has come aboard to handle international sales for psychological drama “Isola,” starring French cinema icon Fanny Ardant and Polish actor Joanna Kulig.
The film has completed post-production. Italian actor Marco Rossetti, known for his role in the popular medical drama “Doc — Nelle tue mani,” also features in the cast alongside Kulig and Ardant.
Set on a remote Italian island, “Isola” follows a dangerous relationship between two women. The story centers on Joanna, who finds herself stuck on a secluded island with her disabled and much older husband, Oskar. Her interactions with his caretaker, Ada, evolve into a tense psychological cat-and-mouse game with potentially fatal consequences.
The film marks the feature directorial debut of Italian-German filmmaker Nora Jaenicke, who has previously earned acclaim for her short films. Jaenicke, who also wrote the screenplay, is the founder and artistic director of the Elba Film Festival and runs the Nostos Screenplay Development Workshop in Tuscany.
The film has completed post-production. Italian actor Marco Rossetti, known for his role in the popular medical drama “Doc — Nelle tue mani,” also features in the cast alongside Kulig and Ardant.
Set on a remote Italian island, “Isola” follows a dangerous relationship between two women. The story centers on Joanna, who finds herself stuck on a secluded island with her disabled and much older husband, Oskar. Her interactions with his caretaker, Ada, evolve into a tense psychological cat-and-mouse game with potentially fatal consequences.
The film marks the feature directorial debut of Italian-German filmmaker Nora Jaenicke, who has previously earned acclaim for her short films. Jaenicke, who also wrote the screenplay, is the founder and artistic director of the Elba Film Festival and runs the Nostos Screenplay Development Workshop in Tuscany.
- 5/16/2025
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Polish actress and singer Joanna Kulig and French icon Fanny Ardant are co-starring in “Island,” a psychological thriller by Italian-German writer director Nora Jaenike filmed on the Italian island of Elba.
Filming on the mostly English-language atmospheric noir wrapped on Nov. 4 on the island, which is located off the coast of Tuscany. Kulig, who won a best actress European Film Award for her performance in Pawel Pawilkowski’s Oscar-nominated “Cold War,” plays Joanna, a woman in her 40s married to a rich and controlling bedridden man. Through an encounter with Ada (Ardant) Joanna begins “a process of emancipation that will push her to do things that she had never thought of,” according to a provided synopsis. See a first-look image from the film above.
Italian actor Marco Rossetti, who stars in hit local medical drama “Doc — Nelle tue mani,” is among the feminist thriller’s other key cast members. The...
Filming on the mostly English-language atmospheric noir wrapped on Nov. 4 on the island, which is located off the coast of Tuscany. Kulig, who won a best actress European Film Award for her performance in Pawel Pawilkowski’s Oscar-nominated “Cold War,” plays Joanna, a woman in her 40s married to a rich and controlling bedridden man. Through an encounter with Ada (Ardant) Joanna begins “a process of emancipation that will push her to do things that she had never thought of,” according to a provided synopsis. See a first-look image from the film above.
Italian actor Marco Rossetti, who stars in hit local medical drama “Doc — Nelle tue mani,” is among the feminist thriller’s other key cast members. The...
- 11/10/2023
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
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