Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Caitriona Balfe Join Andrew Haigh’s ‘A Long Winter’
Ebon Moss-Bachrach (“The Bear,” “The Fantastic Four: First Steps”) and Caitriona Balfe (“Belfast,” “Ford v Ferrari,” “Outlander”) have joined the cast of Andrew Haigh’s “A Long Winter,” which also stars Fred Hechinger (“Thelma,” “Gladiator II”), Kit Connor (“Warfare,” “Rocketman”) and D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai (“Warfare,” “Reservation Dogs”).
Further casting includes Manuel Garcia Rulfo (“Jurassic World: Rebirth”) and David Furr (“The Gilded Age”).
The film is produced by Tristan Goligher for The Bureau, Chad Oakes and Mike Frislev for Calgary-based Nomadic Pictures, and Michael Elliott.
The film was developed by Mubi and is co-financed by Mubi and Film4. Farhana Bhula, director of Film4, and Max Park, development and production executive, are overseeing the project for Film4.
Mubi retains rights in the U.S., U.K., Ireland, Germany, Austria, Italy, Spain, Benelux, Latin America, Australia, New Zealand, Turkey and India. The Match Factory is handling worldwide sales.
Principal photography is underway in Alberta, Canada on the film, which is based on Haigh’s adaptation of Colm Tóibín’s short story of the same name.
The film is set in the mountains as fall comes to an end and a family prepares for the long winter ahead.
Further creatives involved include cinematographer Andre Turpin (“Mommy,” “Incendies”), production designer Emmanuel Frechette (“Wayward,” “The North Water”) and editor Jonathan Alberts (“All of Us Strangers,” “45 Years”).
Haigh’s “All of Us Strangers” (Searchlight Pictures and Film4) received six BAFTA nominations, including best director and best adapted screenplay for Haigh. It was also the recipient of four Gotham and three Independent Spirit Awards nominations. Haigh’s previous feature films include Film4-backed “Lean on Pete” (2017) and “45 Years” (2015), for which Charlotte Rampling earned an Academy Award nomination, and breakout hit “Weekend” (2011).
