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Kornél Mundruczó & Kata Wéber: Why ‘Evolution’ Was The Perfect Follow-Up To ‘Pieces Of A Woman’ – Cannes Studio

In Pieces of a Woman—the Kornél Mundruczó-directed and Kata Wéber-penned film for which its lead Vanessa Kirby was Oscar nominated—Ellen Burstyn’s character describes surviving the holocaust as a baby. Now, in the filmmaking pair’s latest feature Evolution debuting at Cannes, they expand upon that theme with a…

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‘Pieces Of A Woman’s Oscar-Nominated Vanessa Kirby On Ellen Burstyn Snub: “Sometimes There’s No Rhyme Or Reason”

Vanessa Kirby’s harrowing and incredibly challenging Pieces of a Woman role earned her an Oscar nomination on Monday morning, and in response, a self-deprecating Kirby drew attention to all the bereaved women who helped her research her character of Martha, a woman who loses her baby at birth. She also paid tribute to…

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‘Pieces Of A Woman’ Writer Admits Being “So Afraid Of Going To That Dark Place” – Contenders Film

One of the most intensely personal entries in this year's festival season saw Hungarian director Kornél Mundruczó and his writer partner Kata Wéber draw on their own private life for Pieces of a Woman, in which Vanessa Kirby plays Martha, a first-time mother whose daughter dies in childbirth. Ellen Burstyn co-stars as…

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Netflix Makes Worldwide Rights Deal For Kornél Mundruczó-Directed Venice & Toronto Drama ‘Pieces Of A Woman’

Netflix has closed a worldwide rights deal for the Kornél Mundruczó-directed drama Pieces Of A Woman. The film made its World Premiere at Venice and its Toronto premiere comes today at the TIFF Bell Lightbox. This is the second big festival deal for Netflix, as yesterday it acquired worldwide rights to the Halle…

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Vanessa Kirby & Ellen Burstyn Talk Kornel Mundruczó’s ‘Pieces Of A Woman’ – Venice

Vanessa Kirby, who has two movies at the Venice Film Festival, today hit the Lido to talk about Kornél Mundruczó's Pieces Of A Woman. The film tells the story of a couple whose home birth goes devastatingly wrong, resulting in the loss of their child, and deeply explores the mother-daughter relationship. Ellen Burstyn…

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Venice: Vanessa Kirby On The “Extremely Personal, Very Special” ‘Pieces Of A Woman’ & “Important, Beautifully Poetic” ‘The World To Come’

With two films premiering at the Venice film festival, Vanessa Kirby's star rises still higher this year. Since her Emmy-nominated, BAFTA-winning turn as Princess Margaret in Netflix's The Crown, Kirby has continued to carve out a career that ranges from the stages of the National Theatre, the Royal Court Theatre and…

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Kornél Mundruczó To Helm Feature About The Elephant Man From ‘Black Swan’ & ‘Transcendence’ Producers

EXCLUSIVE: Hungarian filmmaker Kornél Mundruczó has been tapped by Straight Up Films and Phoenix Pictures to direct a film about the life of Joseph Merrick, best known as The Elephant Man. The story will follow an unlikely love story between Joseph and the young woman assigned to his care at the Fawsley Hall Estate…

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