A doc about the trailblazing queer writer behind the supply materials for “Carol” and “The Talented Mr. Ripley” is on the means. Zeitgeist Films and Kino Lorber have acquired North American rights to Eva Vitijas portrait of Patricia Highsmith. The movie, titled “Loving Highsmith,” will probably be launched theatrically this September. Deadline broke the news.
Described as a “unique look” at the lifetime of the acclaimed American novelist, the doc focuses on Highsmiths “quest for love and her troubled identity through her personal diaries and the intimate reflections of her lovers, friends, and family.” Shedding “new light on her life and writings,” “Loving Highsmith” revisits how the author “was forced to lead a double life and had to hide her vibrant love affairs from her family and the public, reflecting on the ever-present subject only in her unpublished writings.”
A 2015 movie adaptation of Highsmith’s “The Price of Salt,” “Carol,” noticed Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara starring as secret lovers. The interval drama garnered six Oscar nominations, together with an tailored screenplay nod for Phyllis Nagy.
Highsmith’s “Strangers on a Train” and “The Talented Mr. Ripley” additionally served as inspiration for well-known movies of the identical identify.
“Loving Highsmith,” which made its world premiere at Sydney Film Festival and will display screen at Frameline Film Festival later this month, contains excerpts from Highsmith’s unpublished writing voiced by “Game of Thrones” actress Gwendoline Christie.
Weve been questioning when somebody was going to make a very nice documentary about Patricia Highsmith, one in all the most authentic, advanced, disturbing, fascinating writers (and folks) of the twentieth century, stated Zeitgeist Co-Presidents Nancy Gerstman and Emily Russo. This is it and we cant wait to carry it out in North America in September.
Vitija emphasised that she hopes the movie helps give Highsmith “the recognition in her house nation that she has all the time deserved!
