Studiocanal and Blueprint Pictures have dangled before us our very first look at the upcoming big-screen adaptation of the Jojo Moyes novel The Last Letter From Your Lover.
The film is a passionate, dual-narrative love story set in the French Riviera and London during the 1960s and present day. It tells the tale of elegant Jennifer Stirling (Shailene Woodley – The Fault In Our Stars, Adrift, Big Little Lies) and how her life becomes inextricably interwoven with that of Ellie Haworth (Felicity Jones – The Theory of Everything, The Aeronauts, Rogue One, On The Basis of Sex) in life-changing events which connect them across almost half a century.
Jennifer lives a luxurious life with her wealthy and powerful husband Laurence (Joe Alwyn – The Favourite, Boy Erased, Mary Queen of Scots). When an unfortunate event wipes her memory, she struggles to find her identity until she stumbles upon wistful love letters hidden in her home. The passionate notes unravel a star-crossed love affair she had with foreign correspondent Anthony O’Hare (Callum Turner – Emma, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, The Capture) and ultimately lead her to discover her true self.
Jennifer’s story becomes intertwined with that of Ellie, a whip-smart journalist in contemporary London, who discovers and becomes enthralled by these love letters from a bygone era. As she begins to piece them together with the help of archivist Rory (Nabhaan Rizwan – Mogul Mowgli, Informer, 1917), she sets off on a journey that will entangle the two women’s lives forever.
The movie is directed by Augustine Frizzell (Euphoria, Never Goin’ Back). Pete Czernin and Graham Broadbent of Blueprint Pictures (Emma, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri) are producing alongside Simone Urdl and Jennifer Weiss of The Film Farm (The Captive, Away from Her).
We’ll hope fully have the trailer to share with you soon. The film will arrive in cinemas in 2021. For now, check out the two first-look images above.
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