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The Match Factory has officially launched sales on Michel Franco‘s upcoming movie Dreams at the AFM in Las Vegas, having been attached to the film for the past year.
The second collaboration between Franco and Jessica Chastain (The Tree of Life, Interstellar, The Eyes of Tammy Faye), the film is in post-production and TMF is sharing a first promo with buyers.
Chastain plays socialite and philanthropist Jennifer, whose young ballet dancer lover Fernando leaves everything behind in Mexico to join her in the U.S., narrowly escaping death in the process.
He believes she will support him in his dreams of being internationally recognized and living in the U.S. His arrival disrupts Jennifer’s world, and she will do anything to protect both their futures—and the carefully curated life she’s built.
Isaac Hernández co-stars as the young dancer. He is currently a principal dancer at the American Ballet Theatre, having worked with the English National Ballet in London, the San Francisco Ballet, and most of the major ballet companies. He made his acting debut in the film The King of All the World (2021).
The cast also includes Marshall Bell (Stand by Me), and Rupert Friend (Asteroid City, Homeland).
Franco and Chastain previously collaborated on Memory, in which she co-starred opposite Peter Sarsgaard. The film premiered last year in competition at the Venice Film Festival, where Sarsgaard was awarded the Coppa Volpi for Best Actor.
The director’s previous credits include, Sundown (2021), featuring Tim Roth and Charlotte Gainsbourg, and New Order (2020), which also both premiered in competition at the Venice Film Festival, with New Order receiving the Silver Lion Grand Jury Prize.
The feature is produced by Teorema, with Michel Franco and Eréndira Núñez Larios as producers; in association with Freckle Film, with Chastain and Kelly Carmichael as executive producers; with Eastern Film, with Vladimir Artemenko as executive producer; and with AR Content with three times Academy Award nominated Alexander Rodnyansky as producer.
