Małgorzata Szumowska, Hype Film Roll Dice With ‘The Gambler Wife’ (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comChristopher Vourlias Two-time Berlinale prize winner Małgorzata Szumowska (“Body,” “Mug”) will write and direct “The Gambler Wife,” a revelatory portrait of novelist Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s wife Anna Snitkina, to be produced by Russia’s Hype Film, Variety can reveal.Adapted from Andrew D.
Kaufman’s book “The Gambler Wife: A True Story of Love, Risk, and the Woman Who Saved Dostoyevsky,” the film tells the story of the courageous woman who saved the life of the Russian literary icon and, as the first Russian woman to found her own publishing house, became a pioneer in the country’s literary history.Ilya Stewart of Hype Film (“Petrov’s Flu,” “Persian Lessons”) will produce in collaboration with Polish production company Nowhere.
Nick Shumaker of Anonymous Content will executive produce along with Hype Film’s Elizaveta Chalenko. “As a young, troublemaking Polish girl, I became obsessed with the world of Dostoyevsky, his books, and his imprint on society,” said Szumowska, who’s currently in post-production on “Infinite Storm,” starring Naomi Watts and Billy Howle, set for release this year by Bleecker Street.“As a mature, rambunctious, fully formed human, it’s a true honor to explore his life through a female lens with Ilya Stewart and Hype Film, who in a few short years have emerged as intrepid, director-driven producers,” the filmmaker added.“Małgorzata Szumowska is one of the world’s most exciting directors, and it is an honor and privilege to be collaborating with her on such a riveting story,” said Stewart.
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