International Film Festival Of India (IFFI) 2018 To Open With The World Premiere Of ‘The Aspern Papers’
The 49th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) will open with the World Premiere of The Aspern Papers in the presence of the international star cast.
The whole cast will be present for its premiere at the film festival. Golden Globe winner Jonathan Rhys Meyers (lead actor), Golden Globe nominated actress Joely Richardson (lead actress), Julia Robins (actress), Morgane Polanski (actress) – daughter of Roman Polanski, Nicolas Hau (actor) Julien Landais (director) will be present at the screening.
The Aspern Papers tells a story of obsession, grandeur lost & dreams of Byronic adventures.
The Aspern Papers is the 1st ever feature from director Julien Landais & is adapted from the novella by Henry James, which is based on the letters of Percy Bys Shelley wrote to Mary Shelley’s stepsister Claire Clairmont. The film stars Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Joely Richardson & her mother, 6 time Oscar nominee & Academy Award winner Vanessa Redgrave.
The Aspern Papers stars Jonathan Rhys-Meyers in a lead role. The Irish actor is known for his roles in films such as Velvet Goldmine in the year 1998, Bend It Like Beckham in the year 2002, Match Point in the year 2005, Mission: Impossible III in the year 2006 & his television roles as Elvis Presley in the biographical miniseries Elvis in the year 2005, which earned him a Golden Globe Award for “Best Actor” – Miniseries or Television Film & as King Henry VIII in the historical drama The Tudors from the year 2007 to the year 2010.
The film’s lead actress Joely Richardson is an English actress, known for her role as Julia McNamara in the FX drama series Nip/Tuck from the year 2003 to the year 2010 for which she twice received Golden Globe nomination. She has also appeared in films such as 101 Dalmatians in the year 1996, Event Horizon in the year 1997, The Patriot in the year 2000, Return To Me in the year 2000, Anonymous in the year 2011, the Hollywood film adaptation The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo in the year 2011 & the remake of Endless Love in the year 2014.
The film also stars Morgane Polanski – the daughter of French-Polish filmmaker Roman Polanski & French actress Emmanuelle Seigner. Morgane Polanski made her acting debut in her father’s 2002 film The Pianist, which was nominated for Academy Award for “Best Picture”. She appeared in 2 more of his films, Oliver Twist in the year 2005 & The Ghost Writer in the year 2010, in which she had her 1st ever speaking role. In the year 2015, Polanski appeared in the British independent film Unhallowed Ground & began portraying Princess Gisla in the History Channel series Vikings.
The Aspern Papers set in Venice in the late 19th century, tells the story of an American editor determined to get his hands on the letters his icon, the Romantic poet Jeffrey Aspern, wrote to his beautiful lover & muse, Juliana Bordereau. Juliana lives in a Venetian palazzo with her niece Tina, who she seems to control & Morton tries to manipulate. But when the ambitious adventurer trifles with Tina’s affections she learns to see through his scheme.
The film was shot where Henry James actually wrote it, on original locales in Venice. James Ivory, an old India hand & a recent Academy Award winner is one of the Executive Producers on the film.
The 49th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) begins on Tues, 20th Nov, 2018 & ends on Wed, 28thNov, 2018, in Panaji, Goa.
