Westend Films has launched the primary picture of Anthony Hopkins and Matthew Goode in upcoming drama Freud’s Last Session, because the legendary psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud and author and tutorial C.S. Lewis, previous to his Chronicles Of Narnia fame.
Filming is in its ultimate levels in Ireland.
Set on the eve of the Second World War, the movie revolves round a gathering between Freud and Lewis, on the psychoanalyst’s London house, throughout which they debate the existence of God.
The movie additionally explores Freud’s distinctive relationship together with his daughter Anna, performed by Liv Lisa Fries (Babylon Berlin, Hilde With Love) and Lewis’ unconventional relationship together with his finest pal’s mom.
The movie is directed by Matthew Brown (The Man Who Knew Infinity) and was written by Mark St. Germain (The God Committee) with revisions by Brown, based mostly on the play by the identical title.
Producers are Alan Greisman (The Bucket List), Rick Nicita (Hacksaw Ridge), Meg Thomson (Racing Hearts), Brown, Hannah Leader (Blinded by the Light), and Robert Stillman. Irish producers are Tristan Orpen Lynch and Aoife O’Sullivan of Subotica Productions (Aisha).
Further solid members Jodi Balfour (The Crown, For All Mankind), Stephen CampbellMoore (The History Boys, Masters of the Air), Jeremy Northam (The Crown, Gosford Park) and Orla Brady (Star Trek: Picard, Rose Plays Julie)
WestEnd Films and CAA Media Finance are overseeing gross sales for the movie.
As beforehand introduced, Sony Pictures Classics has acquired all rights for North America, the Middle East, Turkey, India, Eastern Europe, (excluding CIS) Asia (excluding China, Korea and Japan) and Latin America and worldwide airways.
WestEnd has additionally struck offers for Australia (Sharmill Films), Scandinavia (Scanbox), Italy (Adler), Benelux (Just Entertainment), Portugal (NOS), Israel (United King) and Greece (Spentzos).
The Film is an official Irish / UK Co-production made with assist from Screen Ireland and the UK Global Screen Fund.
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