Written by Moira Buffini, from her own play, Neil Jordan's newest film Byazantium has the Irish director returning to realm of vampires, first time since 1994's Interview With A Vampire, with the story of two mysterious girls whose arrival in a small town brings only death. It stars Gemma Arterton and Soarise Ronan.
A new picture of the film has appeared, along with a blurb that really gives a sense of what to expect form it. Jordan's recent films have had a real fairy tale quality to them, and this is set to continue:
"Eleanor and Clara, two mysterious and penniless young women, flee the scene of a violent crime and arrive in a run-down coastal resort. They try to find money and refuge along the tawdry seafront and in the dilapidated hotels.
Clara, ever-practical, sells her body. She soon meets shy and lonely Noel, who provides a roof over their heads in his seedy guesthouse, Byzantium. Clara, always looking towards the future, turns it into a ‘pop-up’ brothel.
Meanwhile Eleanor, the eternal schoolgirl, meets Frank, a kindred spirit who unwittingly prompts her to tell the truth about her life. She tells him that Clara is her mother; yet Clara is only a few years older. She says that she was born in 1804; yet she is just sixteen. She confesses that she must drink human blood to stay alive – and so must her mother. In the small, quiet town, people start to die.
And the past that the girls have been running from for so long, finally catches up with them – with astonishing consequences."
The movie is currently in post production, and is expected sometime later this year.
Source: Bleeding Cool
A new picture of the film has appeared, along with a blurb that really gives a sense of what to expect form it. Jordan's recent films have had a real fairy tale quality to them, and this is set to continue:
"Eleanor and Clara, two mysterious and penniless young women, flee the scene of a violent crime and arrive in a run-down coastal resort. They try to find money and refuge along the tawdry seafront and in the dilapidated hotels.
Clara, ever-practical, sells her body. She soon meets shy and lonely Noel, who provides a roof over their heads in his seedy guesthouse, Byzantium. Clara, always looking towards the future, turns it into a ‘pop-up’ brothel.
Meanwhile Eleanor, the eternal schoolgirl, meets Frank, a kindred spirit who unwittingly prompts her to tell the truth about her life. She tells him that Clara is her mother; yet Clara is only a few years older. She says that she was born in 1804; yet she is just sixteen. She confesses that she must drink human blood to stay alive – and so must her mother. In the small, quiet town, people start to die.
And the past that the girls have been running from for so long, finally catches up with them – with astonishing consequences."
The movie is currently in post production, and is expected sometime later this year.
Source: Bleeding Cool
