Riley Keough has joined the cast of “Out of This World” directed by Albert Serra, the Spanish director whose 2022 film “Pacifiction” competed at Cannes and won a pair of Cesar Awards. Keough will star opposite F. Murray Abraham and Liza Yankovskaia (“Frau”).
Serra’s English-language film debut, “Out of This World” follows an American delegation traveling to Russia in the midst of the Ukrainian war to try to find a solution to an economic dispute. The project explores the decades-long rivalry between Russia and the U.S. While it will mainly shoot in English, it will also include some Russian dialogue. Kristen Stewart was previously attached to star in the movie.
“Out of This World” is being represented internationally by Alice Lesort’s sales team at Losange Films, Charles Gillibert‘s auteur-driven sales and production boutique which is a sister label to CG Cinema. The feature, which marks Serra’s eighth film, is produced by Les Films du Losange, Idéale Audience Group and Andergraun Films in association with Felix Culpa and in co-production with Rosa Filmes and Forma Pro. Les Films du Losange will also be distributing “Out of This World” in France.
“We are very proud to be boarding Albert Serra’s new film — his very first in the English language,” said Lesort who described him as “one most inventive filmmakers of his generation, with previous works that are both powerful and marked by rare cinematic audacity.”
“The idea of this encounter with Riley Keough is something we’re truly passionate about,” Lesort said. “she is an actress of great intensity, capable of portraying complex characters with rare precision, and her sensitivity brings extraordinary depth to every project.”
Serra last directed “Afternoons of Solitude” which won the Golden Shell at San Sebastian last year. Keough will next be seen in Karim Ainouz’s “Rosebush Pruning.”
Gillibert’s CG Cinema is at Cannes with three movies across the official selection, notably Bi Gan’s “Resurrection” in competition; Kirill Serebrennikov’s “The Disappearance of Josef Mengele” and Kristin Stewart’s “Chronology of Water” in Un Certain Regard. Coming up at fall festivals, CG Cinema will present Alice Winocour’s “Coutures,” starring Angelina Jolie, and Jim Jarmusch’s star-studded “Father, Mother, Sister, Brother.” Losange Films, meanwhile, represents four Cannes films internationally, “Resurrection,” “Chronology of Water,” Nadav Lapid’s “Yes” and Tony Gatlif’s “Ange.”
