Natalie Portman became a director

2024 Author: James Gerald | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 14:00

At one time, famous actresses enjoyed trying themselves as fashion designers. Now there is a new trend in Hollywood. Experienced girls make their own films. So, now Angelina Jolie and Cate Blanchett are working as directors. And now Natalie Portman is joining them.

After the birth of her son, Natalie quite carefully chose the roles, agreeing to shoot exclusively in very interesting projects. Now such whims are becoming clear - the star was preparing for her debut as a director and finally decided.

The actress went to Israel, where she will start filming a film based on Amos Oz's autobiographical novel A Tale of Love and Darkness. The film is produced by Israelis Ram Bergman, Eli Shirmore and David Mandil, and the script was written by Portman herself.

By the way, according to analysts, today Natalie is one of the most profitable actresses of the "dream factory". So, for every dollar that Portman has paid for his participation in films in the past three years, film studios have made a profit of $ 42.7.

The film is set in Jerusalem in the second half of the forties of the last century, where the author of the novel spent his childhood, and the historical events of that era serve as a background to the boy's difficult life. By the way, Natalie will also appear in front of the camera - she will play the mentally ill mother of the protagonist.

According to the Israeli media, the shooting of the film will start in January. It was decided to shoot the film in the language of the original work (Hebrew), and the local Jerusalem Film and Television Fund, which finances this project, approved a budget of 1.6 million shekels in July this year, which is a record investment for this organization.