‘The World To Come’ Director Mona Fastvold On The Romantic Frontier Drama: “I Had A Lot Of Freedom To Make It My Own” – Contenders Film
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deadline.comNorwegian director Mona Fastvold’s The World to Come takes her into frontier country, as two put-upon farmers wives—played by Vanessa Kirby and Katherine Waterston—unexpectedly find love in the drudgery of 1850s America, despite their strained relationships with their husbands, played by Casey Affleck and Christopher Abbott.Speaking during the Bleecker Street drama’s panel at Deadline’s Contenders Film awards-season event alongside Kirby, Waterston and Affleck, Fastvold explains that the project came to her out of the blue after being contacted by Affleck (who in addition to co-starring is also the film’s producer) and his producing partner Whitaker Ladder.“They reached out to me with the screenplay,” she recalls. “I write quite a bit, and
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