Black Swan FINAL V2-intl - Central-Kino
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which premiered at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival, revolves around a young woman who tries to<br />
recover her marriage through her relationship with her stepson.<br />
Portman is currently developing film projects through her production company, handsomecharlie films,<br />
which has an overhead deal with Participant Media. Together with Producer Annette Savitch, the company is<br />
focused on finding intelligent, accessible films across varied genres, as well as female-driven comedies.<br />
handsomecharlie films recently set up PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES with Darko Entertainment at<br />
Lionsgate, BOOKSMART at Fox, BEST BUDS at Vendome Pictures with Portman attached to star, and they<br />
are partnered with Plan B at Paramount to produce IMPORTANT ARTIFACTS, based on the book by Leanne<br />
Shapton, with Brad Pitt and Portman attached to star. Their first produced film, HESHER, was recently bought<br />
for distribution by Newmarket at the Sundance Film Festival and is slated for release in 2011. The film is<br />
directed by Spencer Susser and stars Joseph Gordon Levitt.<br />
Portman became the first Ambassador of Hope for FINCA, an international village banking<br />
microfinance program providing small loans and savings programs to the world's poorest families so they may<br />
create their own jobs, raise household incomes, and improve their standard of living thereby reducing poverty<br />
worldwide. As the Ambassador of Hope, Portman has proved to be a globally aware and dedicated individual<br />
who supports the work of FINCA through her advocacy and visits to FINCA International programs in<br />
countries such as Guatemala, Ecuador and Uganda. She has also met with high-level United States Members of<br />
Congress to lobby for support of international microfinance funding.<br />
A Harvard graduate with a degree in psychology, Portman has also studied at Hebrew University in<br />
Jerusalem where she learned Arabic and Hebrew, and studied the Anthropology of Violence and Israeli history.<br />
VINCENT CASSEL (Thomas Leroy) is a prolific and prominent actor who's known for his bold<br />
choice of roles and fearless inhabitance of his characters.<br />
Earlier this year, Cassel was seen starring in Jean-Francois Richet's MESRINE: PUBLIC ENEMY #1<br />
and MESRINE: KILLER INSTINCT. The two-part films tell the true story of Jacques Mesrine, who became<br />
France's most notorious felon throughout the 1970's. Arch-fiend to some and folk hero to others, Mesrine's<br />
illegal career spanned nearly two decades of brazen bank robberies, prison breaks, and ingenious identity<br />
changes. Critically acclaimed worldwide, the film was a commercial success in France, garnering the country's<br />
highest honor in film, ten César Award nominations and winning the awards for Best Actor and Best Director.<br />
For his performance, Cassel went on to receive Best Actor honors at the Lumiere Awards, the Etoile D'Or and<br />
the Tokyo International Film Festvial.<br />
Cassel has completed production on Dominik Moll's THE MONK, toplining an 18th century-set story<br />
based on Matthew Lewis' Gothic novel depicting the rise and tragic downfall of Capucin Ambrosio, a respected<br />
Spanish monk. He has also recently finished filming David Cronenberg's A DANGEROUS METHOD,<br />
alongside Viggo Mortensen, Michael Fassbender and Keira Knightley. The film revolves around a love triangle<br />
that develops between psychiatry pioneers Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung who both fall in love with Jung’s<br />
patient.<br />
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