Italy’s Sveva Alviti (“Dalida”) and U.S. actor Newton Mayenge (“Successful Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty”) are hooked up to star in Cannes-set romantic drama “The Different Facet of Fame” to be directed by Erik Bernard (“Free Useless or Alive”).
Alviti is a mannequin and actor who performed the enduring Egyptian-Italian singer within the 2017 “Dalida” biopic by French director Lisa Azuelos. In “The Different Facet of Fame,” she’s going to play a younger lady who turns into romantically entangled in Cannes with an elusive American performed by Mayenge, “compelling her to confront the profound alternative between the attract of fame and the promise of real love,” in line with the challenge’s synopsis.
Moreover Mayenge – who performed NBA legend Jim Chones within the HBO sequence concerning the Los Angeles Lakers – “The Different Facet of Fame” may even characteristic Alejandro De Hoyos, who not too long ago appeared in motion comedy “The Man From Toronto” with Kevin Hart and Woody Harrelson, and in Bernard’s indie thriller “Free Useless or Alive.”
Bernard, who apart from planning to direct additionally wrote the script for “The Different Facet of Fame,” stated in a press release that the story stems from attending the Cannes Movie Competition in 2022 and that the South of France “will certainly be a personality within the movie.” The plan is to shoot in Cannes and the encompassing space this winter.
“The Different Facet of Fame” is being produced by Bernard, Denise Bernard and Jasmin Espada below the Insurgent 6 Movie banner together with Untold Content material’s Joel M. Gonzales and Pejman Partiyeli.
Alviti is represented in Europe by Diberti & Firm.
