‘Tár’ Actress Sophie Kauer Joins Honor Swinton Byrne In Indie Feature ‘All Five Eyes’, Production Begins In Kent 

EXCLUSIVE: All Five Eyes, the latest feature from American director Jaclyn Bethany, has added Sophie Kauer, best known for her role as Cate Blanchett’s protégé in Todd Field’s Tár, to its ensemble cast. 

The film, which is currently shooting in Kent, England, is led by Greta Bellamacina (Tell That To The Winter) and Honor Swinton Byrne (The Souvenir). Also joining and rounding out the cast today are Aimeé Kelly (Hijack) and Susanne Wuest (Goodnight Mommy). 

Bellamacina and Bethany co-wrote the script. This is their second collaboration following Tell That To The Winter Sea, which was exclusively released on Apple TV following a UK theatrical run and distributed by Kaleidoscope worldwide.

All Five Eyes is described as a “female drama” set in a small English village in 1967. Per the synopsis, the film explores the relationship between Cecily (Bellamacina) and Marion (Swinton Byrne), as they grapple with their identities while caring for their disabled younger sister, Willa (Lawson). Cecily, upright and conscientious, runs the local girls’ finishing school, while Marion explores what it means to be a young woman grasping the new social freedoms of the late 1960s. Their differences reach a boiling point over their relationship with Willa, which leads to each sister making their own decision on what it means to have a life worth living. 

Kauer and Kelly are cast as precocious schoolgirls and best friends Helena and Juliette, Wuest has joined as Sister Marguerite, a nun who runs the local convent. 

All Five Eyes is a U.K./U.S. co-production from Sulk Youth Films and BKE Productions in association with Valmora. Producers currently include Grace Cavanagh-Butler, Carl Black, and C.C. Kellogg. Executive producers include Carl Black, C.C. Kellogg, Geoff Thompson at CSMD, Steven Adams, and Theo Dumont. 

Bethany, a directing graduate of the American Film Institute, directed Highway One and the Emmy-Award-winning digital series The Rehearsal. She is in post-production on the indie feature In Transit. She is represented by Buchwald and Alta Global Media. Her newest short film Ruby premiered at HollyShorts in Los Angeles.