Project Detail

Across the River and Into the Trees

Name: Across the River and Into the Trees
Director: Paula Ortiz
Genre: Literary Adaptation, Woman Director, Drama
Released: 2021

Synopsis

Set in post WW2 Venice Italy, American Army Col. Richard Cantwell, haunted by the war, is a bona fide hero who faces news of his illness with stoic disregard. Determined to spend a weekend in quiet solitude, he commandeers a military driver to facilitate a visit to his old haunts in Venice. As Cantwell's plans begin to unravel, a chance encounter with a remarkable young woman begins to re kindle in him the hope of renewal. Based on the last full-length novel Hemingway published in his lifetime, ACROSS THE RIVER AND INTO THE TREES captures a fleeting moment of immortality where time stands still. The story contains the great Hemingway themes of love, war, youth, and age.

Details

Year: 2021
Type of project: Features
Director: Paula Ortiz
Producer: Ken Gord, Robert K. MacLean, Kirstin Roegner, John Smallcombe, Daxing Zhang
Executive Producer: William J. Immerman, Justin A. Raikes
Editor: Kate Baird, Stuart Baird
Screenwriter: Peter Flannery (based on the novel by Ernest Hemingway)
Director of Photography: Javier Aguirresarobe
Production Designer: Jose Tirado
Composer: Mark Tschanz
Principal cast: Matilda De Angelis, Danny, Huston, Josh Hutcherson, Liev Schreiber

Genre

Literary Adaptation Woman Director Drama

Production Status

Post-production

Production Company

Tribune Pictures

12 Hay Hill
London W1J 8NR

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Sales Company

The Exchange

923 Cole Avenue
Los Angeles CA 90038
USA

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