WTFilms Boards Iconoclast & Ladj Ly-Produced ‘Hood Witch’ Starring Golshifteh Farahani & Denis Lavant; Heads Talk Growing Prod Ambitions
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Paris-based WTFilms has acquired international sales rights for thriller Hood Witch, the debut film of rising French director Saïd Belktibia, starring Golshifteh Farahani and Denis Lavant.
Iranian-French actress and activist Farahani (Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No) plays a woman who makes a living smuggling exotic animals and illicit products.
She branches out with the creation of a mobile App that connects clients with mystical marabout healers, but when a user’s consultation takes a tragic turn she finds her facing a violent backlash that could cost her and her son their lives.
The thriller is produced by Iconoclast and Les Misérables director Lady Ly’s Lyly Films. Iconoclast’s recent credits include Romain Gavras’s Netflix original Athena, which debuted in Venice last year.
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