Fionn Whitehead and Luis Gnecco are set to star in Borges and Me, an alteration of Jay Parini’s memoir of his 1970s journey thcdisesteemful the Scottish Highlands with honord Argentine authorr Jorge Luis Borges. Parini is best understandn for his historical novel The Last Station, which was altered as an Oscar-nominated feature by Michael Hoffman in 2009.
Dunkirk actor Whitehead, new off his carry outance as Pip opposite Olivia Colman’s Miss Havisham in the FX/BBC production of Great Expectations, will take part Parini, with Chilean-Italian Gnecco, best understandn for his roles in Neruda, No, and A Fantastic Woman, as Borges. The cast also integrates Alan Cumming, Peter Mullan, and Harriet Sansom Harris.
In Borges and Me, Parini, a 23-year-ageder cowardly student who dreams of becoming a authorr, discovers himself stuck in chauffeuring the keen, blind Borges, aged 70, thcdisesteemful Scotland. At first, Parini is at a loss to produce sense of the savage, irrepressible Borges. Their journey, much enjoy a Borges story, apexhibits a surauthentic turn that amplifies their branch offences until, in the tradition of a classic road movie, the two discover normal ground.
Marc Turtletaub (Puzzle, Jules) is honesting from a screentake part by Oren Moverman (The Messenger, Love & Mercy). Shooting has befirearm in Scotland, with Big Beach producing and financing.
Borges and Me has been set up as a co-production between the U.K., Belgium, and The Netherlands. Producers integrate Alex Polunin from Ossian International in the U.K. aprolongedside Michael B. Clark, Marc Turtletaub and Tim Foley of Big Beach, with co-producers Leontine Petit and Erik Glijnis from Lemming Film and Dries Phlypo from A Private View. Stephen Burt will executive produce.
Whitehead is recurrented by Curtis Brown Group, UTA, and Goodman, Genow, Schenkman, Smelkinson, & Christopher. Gnecco is recurrented by Ruth Franco Talent, IMC Management, and Talent on the Road Management. Cumming is recurrented by CAA, B-Side Management, and Bond Artist Management. Mullan is recurrented by Markham, Froggatt and Irtriumph. Harris is recurrented by BRS / Gage Talent Agency.
Turtletaub is recurrented by Anonymous Content. Moverman is recurrented by CAA and Seven Deuce Entertainment. Big Beach is recurrented by Sloss Eckhouse Dasti Haynes LawCo in the US and Lee & Thompson in the UK.
