Lucky Number Launches Daughter of Eden, a London Thriller, at AFM
Summary
Iranian British filmmaker Fateme Ahmadi's debut feature stars Hiam Abbass as a woman suspected of ties to Saddam Hussein's regime.
"Paris-based sales company Lucky Number will launch sales at the American Film Market on Daughter of Eden, the debut feature from Iranian British filmmaker Fateme Ahmadi, Deadline reported Tuesday. Lucky Number released a first image of Hiam Abbass and will screen a promo reel for buyers at the market.
Set in London, the psychological thriller follows a British Iraqi nurse, played by Yasmin Al-Khudhairi, who suspects that a patient, played by Abbass, is linked to her parents' fate under Saddam Hussein. Amir El-Masry and Lindsay Duncan co-star. ""The film began with a question I kept coming back to: how far might someone go for justice when the past still feels painfully present?"" Ahmadi said.
The film is produced by Jack Tarling of Shudder Films and Pietro Greppi of Lunapark Pictures, with Jackie Larkin of Newgrange Pictures co-producing. It was developed and financed by the BFI, with National Lottery funding, and BBC Film, in association with Screen Ireland, Civic Studios and Three Point Capital. Ahmadi's shorts include the BIFA-nominated Bitter Sea and Leila's Blues, which played Cannes' Directors' Fortnight."
