The film was shot in Italy and is now in post-production.
London-based WestEnd Films has boarded Eran Riklis’ Reading Lolita In Tehran starring Golshifteh Farahani and Zar Amir-Ebrahimi, and will introduce the film to buyers in Cannes.
The film was shot in Italy and is now in post-production.
Adapted from Azar Nafisi’s autobiographical novel, the story centres around a teacher in Iran who secretly gathers a group of female students to read forbidden western classics. Marjorie David wrote the screenplay.
It is an Italy-Israel co-production between United King Films, Topia Communications, Eran Riklis Productions, Minerva Pictures and Rosamont with Rai Cinema.
London-based WestEnd Films has boarded Eran Riklis’ Reading Lolita In Tehran starring Golshifteh Farahani and Zar Amir-Ebrahimi, and will introduce the film to buyers in Cannes.
The film was shot in Italy and is now in post-production.
Adapted from Azar Nafisi’s autobiographical novel, the story centres around a teacher in Iran who secretly gathers a group of female students to read forbidden western classics. Marjorie David wrote the screenplay.
It is an Italy-Israel co-production between United King Films, Topia Communications, Eran Riklis Productions, Minerva Pictures and Rosamont with Rai Cinema.
- 5/5/2023
- by Ellie Calnan
- ScreenDaily
The Match Factory will launch sales on the debut film by Ehab Tarabieh, “The Taste of Apples Is Red,” at the Toronto Film Festival, where the film will be premiering in the Discovery section.
Tarabieh’s previous short films have won several prizes, including Best Short Film at Doha Tribeca Festival for “The Forgotten” (2012) and a nomination for a European Academy Award for “Smile and the World Will Smile Back” (2015).
“The Taste of Apples Is Red” is the first film to deal with the intricacies of the Druze faith. The director grew up in this closed off and secretive community, which separated from Islam and has aspects of Hindu and Greek philosophy. During the civil war in Syria, the Druze, who are spread throughout Syria, Israel and Lebanon, were divided between those who support Assad and those who despise him.
The film is set in the Golan Heights, where the...
Tarabieh’s previous short films have won several prizes, including Best Short Film at Doha Tribeca Festival for “The Forgotten” (2012) and a nomination for a European Academy Award for “Smile and the World Will Smile Back” (2015).
“The Taste of Apples Is Red” is the first film to deal with the intricacies of the Druze faith. The director grew up in this closed off and secretive community, which separated from Islam and has aspects of Hindu and Greek philosophy. During the civil war in Syria, the Druze, who are spread throughout Syria, Israel and Lebanon, were divided between those who support Assad and those who despise him.
The film is set in the Golan Heights, where the...
- 8/4/2022
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
This week sees the release of director Eran Riklis’ atmospheric espionage thriller, Spider in the Web, starring Ben Kingsley as an Israeli Mossad agent, who is assigned to investigate an organisation that could be selling chemical weapons to a Syrian dictatorship.
Monica Bellucci plays the mysterious Angela Caroni, a shady operative who may also be involved in the weapons supply while harbouring other, darker secrets.
Heyuguys recently caught up with Bellucci to discuss the film, her role, balancing family life with film-making and the magical moments bringing characters to life.
Heyuguys: Your character Angela is quite elusive and enigmatic, but the story was also complex and labyrinthine? Was it the character that appealed to you more, or the script?
Monica Bellucci: What really drew me to the story was the humanity more than the espionage. The characters have great depth and delicateness which is ultimately their downfall. To me,...
Monica Bellucci plays the mysterious Angela Caroni, a shady operative who may also be involved in the weapons supply while harbouring other, darker secrets.
Heyuguys recently caught up with Bellucci to discuss the film, her role, balancing family life with film-making and the magical moments bringing characters to life.
Heyuguys: Your character Angela is quite elusive and enigmatic, but the story was also complex and labyrinthine? Was it the character that appealed to you more, or the script?
Monica Bellucci: What really drew me to the story was the humanity more than the espionage. The characters have great depth and delicateness which is ultimately their downfall. To me,...
- 10/24/2019
- by Daniel Goodwin
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
The first trailer has been released for a new movie called Spider in the Web, which stars Ben Kingsley as an aging spy who is past his prime. The story follows him on one final mission to clear his name of being suspected of fabricating intelligence. As you might imagine, a film like this is going to be filled with twists and turns as the story unfolds.
Here’s the synopsis that was released:
Adereth (Sir Ben Kinsgley), a once-lauded but aging field agent of the Israeli Mossad, is deemed past his prime by his superiors. Convinced that he’s been fabricating intelligence to maintain his relevance, they send a young operative, Daniel (Itay Tiran), to ensure that Adereth does not deviate from his mission to deliver crucial information he claims is waiting for him regarding a chemical weapons sale to a Middle Eastern dictatorship. That tip leads to the...
Here’s the synopsis that was released:
Adereth (Sir Ben Kinsgley), a once-lauded but aging field agent of the Israeli Mossad, is deemed past his prime by his superiors. Convinced that he’s been fabricating intelligence to maintain his relevance, they send a young operative, Daniel (Itay Tiran), to ensure that Adereth does not deviate from his mission to deliver crucial information he claims is waiting for him regarding a chemical weapons sale to a Middle Eastern dictatorship. That tip leads to the...
- 8/1/2019
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Spider in the Web, a film that has nothing to do with The Girl in the Spider’s Web or Spider-Man, stars Ben Kingsley as an aging Mossad agent suspected of fabricating intelligence. A younger operative is sent to shadow him – and that’s when things get slippery. Spider in the Web looks to be drawing on John Le Carré-style spy thrillers, […]
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The post ‘Spider in the Web’ Trailer: Ben Kingsley is a Spy Past His Prime appeared first on /Film.
- 7/31/2019
- by Chris Evangelista
- Slash Film
Budapest Israeli Film Week Wrap
By Alex Cousy Deleon
Apparently about basketball, but not really …
There were altogether some fourteen films programmed in this overview of recent Israeli films, however, due to overlapping scheduling at the Puskin Art Mozi it was not possible to get to them all. One or two that looked particularly enticing were missed. What films were seen indicate that the Israeli film industry is thriving, loaded with talent, entering into many co-productions to expand productivity, and forging full steam ahead. The last film I managed to get to was the following.
Playoff 2011 director Eran Riklis is also the director of The Syrian Bride and Lemon Tree, two of the highest profile Israeli films at festivals and generally during the past dozen years.
This latest Riklis effort, ( # Editor note below) filmed entirely in Germany with non-Israeli actors, featured American actor Danny Huston as “Max Soller” a legendary...
By Alex Cousy Deleon
Apparently about basketball, but not really …
There were altogether some fourteen films programmed in this overview of recent Israeli films, however, due to overlapping scheduling at the Puskin Art Mozi it was not possible to get to them all. One or two that looked particularly enticing were missed. What films were seen indicate that the Israeli film industry is thriving, loaded with talent, entering into many co-productions to expand productivity, and forging full steam ahead. The last film I managed to get to was the following.
Playoff 2011 director Eran Riklis is also the director of The Syrian Bride and Lemon Tree, two of the highest profile Israeli films at festivals and generally during the past dozen years.
This latest Riklis effort, ( # Editor note below) filmed entirely in Germany with non-Israeli actors, featured American actor Danny Huston as “Max Soller” a legendary...
- 7/30/2019
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
"There are a lot of people out there who'd do anything to stop me from exposing the truth." Vertical Ent. has unveiled an official trailer for spy drama Spider in the Web, the latest film from Israeli filmmaker Eran Riklis. This "riveting new spy drama in the vein of John Le Carré" stars Sir Ben Kingsley as an aging Mossad agent struggling to maintain his relevance. His bond with a younger operative sent to monitor him while he's on a secret mission in the heart of a troubled Europe is a reflection on human relationships as well as "on the Europe of today – fragile, troubled, under constant threats from the outside and in turmoil on the inside." Also starring Monica Bellucci, Makram Khoury, Filip Peeters, and Itay Tiran. This looks like a solid, action-y spy thriller with some big twists, but it also looks rather derivative without anything new to offer.
- 7/29/2019
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Sir Ben Kingsley is 75-years-old. But that doesn’t mean the aging actor can’t still star in a spy thriller where he has to seduce Monica Bellucci, right? And in the trailer for “Spider in the Web,” you’ll have no doubt believing that Kingsley is more than capable of doing the job.
As seen in the trailer, “Spider in the Web” follows Israeli Mossad agent Adereth (Kingsley) who is joined by a younger agent in the mission to uncover critical information about biological weapon sales between Middle Eastern countries.
Continue reading ‘Spider In The Web’ Trailer: Ben Kingsley & Monica Bellucci Star In New Middle Eastern Spy Thriller at The Playlist.
As seen in the trailer, “Spider in the Web” follows Israeli Mossad agent Adereth (Kingsley) who is joined by a younger agent in the mission to uncover critical information about biological weapon sales between Middle Eastern countries.
Continue reading ‘Spider In The Web’ Trailer: Ben Kingsley & Monica Bellucci Star In New Middle Eastern Spy Thriller at The Playlist.
- 7/29/2019
- by Charles Barfield
- The Playlist
Michael Sharfstein of Topia Communications also involved in new outfit; debut slate revealed.
Eran Riklis, the director whose credits include the upcoming Spider In The Web with Monica Bellucci and Ben Kingsley, has joined forces with Moshe Edery, founder of Israeli company United King Films, and producer Michael Sharfstein of Topia Communications to launch venture Utr Film Projects.
The outfit will develop and produce feature films and series and is officially being launched here in Cannes, where Rikilis, Edery and Sharfstein are taking meetings about their initial slate. The trio previously collaborated on Spider In The Web and are formalising...
Eran Riklis, the director whose credits include the upcoming Spider In The Web with Monica Bellucci and Ben Kingsley, has joined forces with Moshe Edery, founder of Israeli company United King Films, and producer Michael Sharfstein of Topia Communications to launch venture Utr Film Projects.
The outfit will develop and produce feature films and series and is officially being launched here in Cannes, where Rikilis, Edery and Sharfstein are taking meetings about their initial slate. The trio previously collaborated on Spider In The Web and are formalising...
- 5/18/2019
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
Israeli actor Itay Tiran also stars in Eran Riklis’ latest film.
London-based Film Constellation has sold out its Ben Kingsley and Monica Bellucci spy drama Spider In The Web and struck a North American deal with Vertical Entertainment.
Eran Riklis’ latest film centres on a young agent dispatched to follow an older operative whose behaviour has come into question and is following a tip on a chemical weapons sale to a Middle Eastern dictatorship.
Israeli actor Itay Tiran (Lebanon) also stars. Film Constellation co-financed Spider In The Web and announced the project and previously licensed Germany (Concorde/Telemuenchen), Greece-Cyprus (Tanweer...
London-based Film Constellation has sold out its Ben Kingsley and Monica Bellucci spy drama Spider In The Web and struck a North American deal with Vertical Entertainment.
Eran Riklis’ latest film centres on a young agent dispatched to follow an older operative whose behaviour has come into question and is following a tip on a chemical weapons sale to a Middle Eastern dictatorship.
Israeli actor Itay Tiran (Lebanon) also stars. Film Constellation co-financed Spider In The Web and announced the project and previously licensed Germany (Concorde/Telemuenchen), Greece-Cyprus (Tanweer...
- 5/16/2019
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Company boards Annie Silverstein’s debut feature.
London-based Film Constellation has picked up international sales rights, excluding North America, to Us filmmaker Annie Silverstein’s debut feature Bull ahead of its world premiere in Un Certain Regard at Cannes.
The film stars Rob Morgan and newcomer Amber Havard and is a drama about a troubled 14-year-old who destroys her neighbour’s rundown house in an act of youthful defiance and now faces state prison. She forms a bond with a man working on the rodeo circuit.
North American rights are being handled by Us outfit 30West which helped to source financing for the project.
London-based Film Constellation has picked up international sales rights, excluding North America, to Us filmmaker Annie Silverstein’s debut feature Bull ahead of its world premiere in Un Certain Regard at Cannes.
The film stars Rob Morgan and newcomer Amber Havard and is a drama about a troubled 14-year-old who destroys her neighbour’s rundown house in an act of youthful defiance and now faces state prison. She forms a bond with a man working on the rodeo circuit.
North American rights are being handled by Us outfit 30West which helped to source financing for the project.
- 4/30/2019
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
Film Constellation boards Annie Silverstein’s debut feature.
London-based Film Constellation has picked up international sales rights, excluding North America, to Us filmmaker Annie Silverstein’s debut feature Bull ahead of its world premiere in Un Certain Regard at Cannes.
The film stars Rob Morgan and newcomer Amber Havard and is a drama about a troubled 14-year-old who destroys her neighbour’s rundown house in an act of youthful defiance and now faces state prison. She forms a bond with a man working on the rodeo circuit.
North American rights are being handled by Us outfit 30West which helped to source financing for the project.
London-based Film Constellation has picked up international sales rights, excluding North America, to Us filmmaker Annie Silverstein’s debut feature Bull ahead of its world premiere in Un Certain Regard at Cannes.
The film stars Rob Morgan and newcomer Amber Havard and is a drama about a troubled 14-year-old who destroys her neighbour’s rundown house in an act of youthful defiance and now faces state prison. She forms a bond with a man working on the rodeo circuit.
North American rights are being handled by Us outfit 30West which helped to source financing for the project.
- 4/30/2019
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
Film Constellation boards Annie Silverstein’s debut feature.
London-based Film Constellation has picked up international sales rights, excluding North America, to Us filmmaker Annie Silverstein’s debut feature Bull ahead of its world premiere in Un Certain Regard at Cannes.
The film stars Rob Morgan and newcomer Amber Havard and is a drama about a troubled 14-year-old who destroys her neighbour’s rundown house in an act of youthful defiance and now faces state prison. She forms a bond with a man working on the rodeo circuit.
North American rights are being handled by Us outfit 30West which helped to source financing for the project.
London-based Film Constellation has picked up international sales rights, excluding North America, to Us filmmaker Annie Silverstein’s debut feature Bull ahead of its world premiere in Un Certain Regard at Cannes.
The film stars Rob Morgan and newcomer Amber Havard and is a drama about a troubled 14-year-old who destroys her neighbour’s rundown house in an act of youthful defiance and now faces state prison. She forms a bond with a man working on the rodeo circuit.
North American rights are being handled by Us outfit 30West which helped to source financing for the project.
- 4/30/2019
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
Titles include action thriller Spider In The Web and BBC drama series Baptiste.
Belgian audiovisual fund Screen Flanders is investing €1.99m ($2.3m) across ten projects as part of its first funding call of 2018.
The chosen projects include six international co-productions. Amongst them are Spider In The Web, an action thriller from Eran Riklis (The Syrian Bride) which stars Ben Kingsley and Monica Bellucci. Telling the story of an elderly Mossad agent on his last mission, the film was shot mainly on location in Antwerp.
Also receiving funding is BBC series Baptiste, which is a spin-off of hit drama series The Missing,...
Belgian audiovisual fund Screen Flanders is investing €1.99m ($2.3m) across ten projects as part of its first funding call of 2018.
The chosen projects include six international co-productions. Amongst them are Spider In The Web, an action thriller from Eran Riklis (The Syrian Bride) which stars Ben Kingsley and Monica Bellucci. Telling the story of an elderly Mossad agent on his last mission, the film was shot mainly on location in Antwerp.
Also receiving funding is BBC series Baptiste, which is a spin-off of hit drama series The Missing,...
- 6/4/2018
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
The label bought the right from Film Constellation during Cannes.
Breaking Habits, the cannabis documentary from Robert Ryan, has secured Us distribution through recently launched genre label Cranked Up.
The label struck the deal with Film Constellation at the Marché in Cannes. The film screened privately for buyers on the Croisette, and is scheduled for a festival premiere in the autumn.
It is produced by Nick Taussig and Paul Van Carter of Salon Pictures, with Ian Berg and Christopher J. Reynolds as executive producers.
Written and directed by Ryan, the film follows former corporate executive Christine Meeusen who changed paths...
Breaking Habits, the cannabis documentary from Robert Ryan, has secured Us distribution through recently launched genre label Cranked Up.
The label struck the deal with Film Constellation at the Marché in Cannes. The film screened privately for buyers on the Croisette, and is scheduled for a festival premiere in the autumn.
It is produced by Nick Taussig and Paul Van Carter of Salon Pictures, with Ian Berg and Christopher J. Reynolds as executive producers.
Written and directed by Ryan, the film follows former corporate executive Christine Meeusen who changed paths...
- 5/14/2018
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Film Constellation has pre-sold Ben Kingsley and Monica Bellucci espionage thriller “Spider in the Web” in territories including Germany and China, as the stars are seen together in an exclusive first-look image from the movie.
Production has just wrapped on the film, which is helmed by Eran Riklis and was shot in Belgium and the Netherlands. Concorde has picked it up for Austria and Germany, and Lemon Tree Media for China. Tanweer has prebought it for Greece and Cyprus. A studio deal is thought to be in the cards in another major territory.
Set in modern-day Europe and inspired by true events, the story follows a once-lauded but aging secret agent, Adereth (Kingsley), whose bosses want to put him out to grass. He embarks on a covert mission that involves finding the enigmatic Angela (Bellucci), while also being tracked by a rival agent played by Itay Tiran (“Lebanon”). Who is hunting whom becomes the question.
Production has just wrapped on the film, which is helmed by Eran Riklis and was shot in Belgium and the Netherlands. Concorde has picked it up for Austria and Germany, and Lemon Tree Media for China. Tanweer has prebought it for Greece and Cyprus. A studio deal is thought to be in the cards in another major territory.
Set in modern-day Europe and inspired by true events, the story follows a once-lauded but aging secret agent, Adereth (Kingsley), whose bosses want to put him out to grass. He embarks on a covert mission that involves finding the enigmatic Angela (Bellucci), while also being tracked by a rival agent played by Itay Tiran (“Lebanon”). Who is hunting whom becomes the question.
- 5/7/2018
- by Stewart Clarke
- Variety Film + TV
Film Constellation handles sales on Berlin premiere.
Screen can exclusively reveal the first trailer for feature documentary John McEnroe: In The Realm Of Perfection, which UK-based sales outfit Film Constellation has boarded ahead of the European Film Market in Berlin.
Narrated by French actor Mathieu Amalric, the feature uses unseen 16mm footage uncovered from the film archives of French major tournament Roland Garros to tell the story of the famously explosive McEnroe’s quest for perfection in his sport.
Julien Faraut directed the film, which has its premiere in Berlin Film Festival’s Forum strand on Friday, Feb 16. Producers are William Jehannin and Raphaelle Delauche.
Film Constellation’s Efm slate also features espionage thriller Spider In The Web, starring Ben Kingsley and Monica Bellucci.
Screen can exclusively reveal the first trailer for feature documentary John McEnroe: In The Realm Of Perfection, which UK-based sales outfit Film Constellation has boarded ahead of the European Film Market in Berlin.
Narrated by French actor Mathieu Amalric, the feature uses unseen 16mm footage uncovered from the film archives of French major tournament Roland Garros to tell the story of the famously explosive McEnroe’s quest for perfection in his sport.
Julien Faraut directed the film, which has its premiere in Berlin Film Festival’s Forum strand on Friday, Feb 16. Producers are William Jehannin and Raphaelle Delauche.
Film Constellation’s Efm slate also features espionage thriller Spider In The Web, starring Ben Kingsley and Monica Bellucci.
- 2/13/2018
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
Oscar-winner Ben Kingsley, Italian actress Monica Bellucci and Israeli actor Itay Tiran (Lebanon) have signed on to star in Spider in the Web, a contemporary thriller from Israeli director Eran Riklis (Lemon Tree).
Kingsley plays Adereth, a highly lauded secret agent now judged by his superiors to be past his prime, who gets an opportunity for redemption when he discovers a lead on the sale of chemical weapons to a Middle Eastern dictator.
The story, from a script by Gidon Maron and Emmanuel Nakkache, is inspired by real events.
Shooting on the Israel/Belgium/Holland/Portugal co-production is set to start in the...
Kingsley plays Adereth, a highly lauded secret agent now judged by his superiors to be past his prime, who gets an opportunity for redemption when he discovers a lead on the sale of chemical weapons to a Middle Eastern dictator.
The story, from a script by Gidon Maron and Emmanuel Nakkache, is inspired by real events.
Shooting on the Israel/Belgium/Holland/Portugal co-production is set to start in the...
- 1/29/2018
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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