Worldwide rights to Antonia Campbell-Hughes’ thriller “Diamond Shitter,” which stars Raffey Cassidy, Eva Inexperienced, Ben Whishaw and Alessandro Nivola, have been picked up by Beta Cinema. The gross sales firm will launch pre-sales on the European Movie Market, with UTA Unbiased Movie Group repping North American rights.
The movie’s story unfolds towards the backdrop of the prosperous ex-pat group in Geneva. Younger intern Nollaig ignites a darkly visceral shift throughout the privileged house of her host household when she steals their valuable diamonds – absorbing them into her physique – within the course of unmasking the deeper truths beneath their glittering privilege.
Campbell-Hughes, who made her directorial debut with “It Is in Us All,” mentioned, “In a time of emotional fatigue, we crave the fantastic thing about justice. This movie is a primal howl, a white-knuckle experience that explores the devastating fragility of the human situation. I want to reinstate hope, to reassess what constitutes worth and value in our ricocheting society.”
Thorsten Ritter of Beta Cinema mentioned, “Antonia Campbell-Hughes’ ‘Diamond Shitter’ is a daring, vastly well timed, fast-paced thriller that embraces body-horror style tropes whereas transcending them. The directorial imaginative and prescient is palpable on each web page of the script. A powerful work of an auteur, but crafted for a broad, genre-savvy viewers.”
Campbell-Hughes is finest identified for the portrayal of Natascha Kampusch within the Sherry Hormann/Michael Ballhaus biopic “3096 Days” (2013) and lead roles in Jane Campion’s “Vibrant Star” (2009), Cannes premiere “The Different Aspect of Sleep” (2011), the BAFTA-winning “Kelly + Victor” (2012), Netflix collection “Black Doves,” and the title position in psychological thriller “Cordelia” (2019).
Cassidy, forged because the enigmatic Nollaig, had roles in Yorgos Lanthimos’ “The Killing of a Sacred Deer” (2017) and Brady Corbet’s “Vox Lux” (2018), and seems in Corbet’s “The Brutalist.”
BAFTA-winning actress Eva Inexperienced stars as Helen, Nollaig’s host mom. She is finest identified for enjoying Vesper Lynd in “On line casino Royale” (2006), in addition to delivering central performances in “Three Musketeers” (2023) and “Proxima” (2019).
Whishaw will tackle the position of Nollaig’s mentor Nigel, and recent from his current performances in Almodovar’s “The Room Subsequent Door” and “The Brutalist,” Alessandro Nivola is forged because the host father David.
The movie is produced by Sleeper Movies, the corporate run by Rory Gilmartin, Lee Magiday and Wilf Varvill, in coproduction with the U.Ok.’s Smoke Pet, and with Max Karli and Pauline Gygax of Geneva-based Rita Productions.
