‘Lamb’ Scribe Sjón Boards Gothic Drama ‘The Wolf Will Tear Your Immaculate Hands’ From ‘Clara Sola’’s Nathalie Álvarez Mesén ‘(EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comAnnika Pham Maverick Icelandic scribe Sjón, Oscar-nominated for the lyrics of Lars von Trier’s “Dancer in the Dark” and co-writer of the eerie Cannes Un Certain Regard title “Lamb,” has teamed up with multi-awarded Swedish-Costa-Rican Nathalie Álvarez-Mesén (“Clara Sola”) on her sophomore feature “The Wolf Will Tear Your Immaculate Hands,”, Variety has learned.
The English-language gothic period drama is backed by Hobab’s Nima Yousefi, Swedish co-producer on this year’s Cannes competition entry “The Apprentice” and Critics’ Week’s “Julie Keeps Quiet”.
The ambitious projec, which scooped the Eurimages-Co-production Development Award at the TorinoFilmLab 2021, will start lensing next year. “We are casting right now, with top casting director Isabella Odoffin of “How to Have Sex,” said Yousefi, who has secured coin so far from Scandinavia’s leading regional fund and regular co-production partner Film i Väst. “The Wolf…” marks Yousefi and the young auteur’s second collaboration after her breakthrough movie “Clara Sola,” one of the most buzziest titles in Cannes 2021’s Directors’ Fortnight which sold worldwide, including to Oscilloscope for the U.S.
It went on to represent Costa Rica at the Oscars. Álvarez-Mesén’s “spellbinding debut” is “a strange and mesmerizing tale of mysticism and sexual awakening in rural Costa Rica,” Variety said in its review.
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