The Absinthe Drinkers (film)
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The Absinthe Drinkers is an upcoming John Charles Jopson
movie set in 19th century Europe
.
portrays Lucciola, an "opium
-addicted has-been sculptor who is a member of a small clique of eccentric foreign artists who have settled in Montmartre
, (the capital of the Impressionist movement) to create art, consume drugs and alcohol, and generally wreak havoc", according to writer and director John Charles Jopson
. The film is a story about a woman in a man’s world. That woman is Artemesia von Rach, (played by Alicja Bachleda
), a woman who takes the mind and heart of Lucciola.
Jopson said that The Absinthe Drinkers "isn’t about absinthe
per sé. The title comes from the many similarly titled paintings of the Impressionist and Post-Impressionist period: Manet
, Degas, Jean-François Raffaëlli
, Picasso – they all made at least one painting with the title The Absinthe Drinker(s)."
The cast of The Absinthe Drinkers includes John Hurt
, Tim Roth
, Keith Carradine
, Peter Facinelli
, Alicja Bachleda
, Jürgen Prochnow
, Nikolai Kinski
, Alessio Boni
, Pasquale Esposito, Gaetano Guarino, and Stefania Stefanin. The film is set for principal photography in spring 2012 in Paris
, Tuscany
, and Poland
.
John Jopson
John Charles Jopson is a film director, screenwriter, and cinematographer best known for the jazz film “One Night with Blue Note” and his music videos from the 1980s.- Biography :...
movie set in 19th century Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
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Synopsis
Peter FacinelliPeter Facinelli
Peter Facinelli is an American actor. He became known as the star of Fox's 2002 television series Fastlane. He plays Carlisle Cullen in the film adaptations of the Twilight series. He is also well known for his role as Mike Dexter in the film Can't Hardly Wait...
portrays Lucciola, an "opium
Opium
Opium is the dried latex obtained from the opium poppy . Opium contains up to 12% morphine, an alkaloid, which is frequently processed chemically to produce heroin for the illegal drug trade. The latex also includes codeine and non-narcotic alkaloids such as papaverine, thebaine and noscapine...
-addicted has-been sculptor who is a member of a small clique of eccentric foreign artists who have settled in Montmartre
Montmartre
Montmartre is a hill which is 130 metres high, giving its name to the surrounding district, in the north of Paris in the 18th arrondissement, a part of the Right Bank. Montmartre is primarily known for the white-domed Basilica of the Sacré Cœur on its summit and as a nightclub district...
, (the capital of the Impressionist movement) to create art, consume drugs and alcohol, and generally wreak havoc", according to writer and director John Charles Jopson
John Jopson
John Charles Jopson is a film director, screenwriter, and cinematographer best known for the jazz film “One Night with Blue Note” and his music videos from the 1980s.- Biography :...
. The film is a story about a woman in a man’s world. That woman is Artemesia von Rach, (played by Alicja Bachleda
Alicja Bachleda
Alicja Bachleda-Curuś is a Polish actress and singer, who has appeared in films including Trade, Ondine, and Pan Tadeusz.-Early life:...
), a woman who takes the mind and heart of Lucciola.
Jopson said that The Absinthe Drinkers "isn’t about absinthe
Absinthe
Absinthe is historically described as a distilled, highly alcoholic beverage. It is an anise-flavoured spirit derived from herbs, including the flowers and leaves of the herb Artemisia absinthium, commonly referred to as "grande wormwood", together with green anise and sweet fennel...
per sé. The title comes from the many similarly titled paintings of the Impressionist and Post-Impressionist period: Manet
Manet
-MANET as an abbreviation:*MANET is a mobile ad hoc network, a self-configuring mobile wireless network.*MANET database or Molecular Ancestry Network, bioinformatics database-People with the surname Manet:*Édouard Manet, a 19th-century French painter....
, Degas, Jean-François Raffaëlli
Jean-François Raffaëlli
Jean-François Raffaëlli was a French realist painter, sculptor, and printmaker who exhibited with the Impressionists. He was also active as an actor and writer....
, Picasso – they all made at least one painting with the title The Absinthe Drinker(s)."
The cast of The Absinthe Drinkers includes John Hurt
John Hurt
John Vincent Hurt, CBE is an English actor, known for his leading roles as John Merrick in The Elephant Man, Winston Smith in Nineteen Eighty-Four, Mr. Braddock in The Hit, Stephen Ward in Scandal, Quentin Crisp in The Naked Civil Servant and An Englishman in New York...
, Tim Roth
Tim Roth
Simon Timothy "Tim" Roth is an English film actor and director best known for his roles in the American films,Legend of 1900, Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Four Rooms, Skellig, Planet of the Apes, The Incredible Hulk and Rob Roy, receiving an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor for...
, Keith Carradine
Keith Carradine
Keith Ian Carradine is an American actor who has had success on stage, film and television. In addition, he is a Golden Globe and Oscar winning songwriter. As a member of the Carradine family, he is part of an acting "dynasty" that began with his father, John Carradine.-Early life:Keith...
, Peter Facinelli
Peter Facinelli
Peter Facinelli is an American actor. He became known as the star of Fox's 2002 television series Fastlane. He plays Carlisle Cullen in the film adaptations of the Twilight series. He is also well known for his role as Mike Dexter in the film Can't Hardly Wait...
, Alicja Bachleda
Alicja Bachleda
Alicja Bachleda-Curuś is a Polish actress and singer, who has appeared in films including Trade, Ondine, and Pan Tadeusz.-Early life:...
, Jürgen Prochnow
Jürgen Prochnow
Jürgen Prochnow is a German actor. His most well-known roles internationally have been as the sympathetic submarine captain in Das Boot , Duke Leto Atreides I in Dune , the minor, but important role of Neo-Stalinist dictator General Ivan Radek in Air Force One and the villain Maxwell Dent in...
, Nikolai Kinski
Nikolai Kinski
Nanhoï Nikolai Kinski is a film actor, and the only acknowledged son of the prolific actor Klaus Kinski and his third wife, Minhoi Geneviève Loanic. He is the half-brother of actresses Nastassja Kinski and Pola Kinski. Nikolai was born in France, but was raised in California, United States...
, Alessio Boni
Alessio Boni
Alessio Boni is an Italian actor.Boni was born in Sarnico. In 1992, Boni finished his theatre studies at the Accademia Nazionale d'Arte Drammatica. The second of three, Marco is the eldest and Andrea is the youngest brother...
, Pasquale Esposito, Gaetano Guarino, and Stefania Stefanin. The film is set for principal photography in spring 2012 in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, Tuscany
Tuscany
Tuscany is a region in Italy. It has an area of about 23,000 square kilometres and a population of about 3.75 million inhabitants. The regional capital is Florence ....
, and Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
.
Cast
- Peter FacinelliPeter FacinelliPeter Facinelli is an American actor. He became known as the star of Fox's 2002 television series Fastlane. He plays Carlisle Cullen in the film adaptations of the Twilight series. He is also well known for his role as Mike Dexter in the film Can't Hardly Wait...
- Lucciola - John HurtJohn HurtJohn Vincent Hurt, CBE is an English actor, known for his leading roles as John Merrick in The Elephant Man, Winston Smith in Nineteen Eighty-Four, Mr. Braddock in The Hit, Stephen Ward in Scandal, Quentin Crisp in The Naked Civil Servant and An Englishman in New York...
- Antonio Argenti - Tim RothTim RothSimon Timothy "Tim" Roth is an English film actor and director best known for his roles in the American films,Legend of 1900, Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Four Rooms, Skellig, Planet of the Apes, The Incredible Hulk and Rob Roy, receiving an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor for...
- Gautier - Keith CarradineKeith CarradineKeith Ian Carradine is an American actor who has had success on stage, film and television. In addition, he is a Golden Globe and Oscar winning songwriter. As a member of the Carradine family, he is part of an acting "dynasty" that began with his father, John Carradine.-Early life:Keith...
- Baron Amedeo di Magenta - Alicja BachledaAlicja BachledaAlicja Bachleda-Curuś is a Polish actress and singer, who has appeared in films including Trade, Ondine, and Pan Tadeusz.-Early life:...
- Artemisia von Rach - Jürgen ProchnowJürgen ProchnowJürgen Prochnow is a German actor. His most well-known roles internationally have been as the sympathetic submarine captain in Das Boot , Duke Leto Atreides I in Dune , the minor, but important role of Neo-Stalinist dictator General Ivan Radek in Air Force One and the villain Maxwell Dent in...
- Hans von Rach - Alessio BoniAlessio BoniAlessio Boni is an Italian actor.Boni was born in Sarnico. In 1992, Boni finished his theatre studies at the Accademia Nazionale d'Arte Drammatica. The second of three, Marco is the eldest and Andrea is the youngest brother...
- Luca Rossetti - Nikolai KinskiNikolai KinskiNanhoï Nikolai Kinski is a film actor, and the only acknowledged son of the prolific actor Klaus Kinski and his third wife, Minhoi Geneviève Loanic. He is the half-brother of actresses Nastassja Kinski and Pola Kinski. Nikolai was born in France, but was raised in California, United States...
- Andre Adler - Pasguale Esposito - Bonifacio
- Stefania Stefanin - Alma Bertrand
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