Jennifer Lawrence joins Luca Guadagnino's Burial Rites
Kayti Burt Dec 14, 2017
Jennifer Lawrence is teaming up with the Call Me By Your Name director for the story of an Icelandic murderer in 1830.
Jennifer Lawrence has joined director Luca Guadagnino's Burial Rites, a true-crime drama about the last woman to be publicly executed in Iceland, based on the book by Hannah Kent. Guadagnino's romance Call Me By Your Name is one of this year's Oscar frontrunners and has already stirred up quite some word of mouth.
According to Variety, Burial Rites will follow the story of Icelandic servant Agnes Magnusdottir, played by Lawrence, after being sentenced to death for killing two men and setting their home on fire in 1830. Agnes was the last woman to be publicly executed in Iceland, and the story will take place during the final winter of Agnes' life. As she waits confirmation of her death sentence on an isolated farm, Agnes gets to...
Jennifer Lawrence is teaming up with the Call Me By Your Name director for the story of an Icelandic murderer in 1830.
Jennifer Lawrence has joined director Luca Guadagnino's Burial Rites, a true-crime drama about the last woman to be publicly executed in Iceland, based on the book by Hannah Kent. Guadagnino's romance Call Me By Your Name is one of this year's Oscar frontrunners and has already stirred up quite some word of mouth.
According to Variety, Burial Rites will follow the story of Icelandic servant Agnes Magnusdottir, played by Lawrence, after being sentenced to death for killing two men and setting their home on fire in 1830. Agnes was the last woman to be publicly executed in Iceland, and the story will take place during the final winter of Agnes' life. As she waits confirmation of her death sentence on an isolated farm, Agnes gets to...
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