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which premiered at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival, revolves around a young woman who tries to
recover her marriage through her relationship with her stepson.
Portman is currently developing film projects through her production company, handsomecharlie films,
which has an overhead deal with Participant Media. Together with Producer Annette Savitch, the company is
focused on finding intelligent, accessible films across varied genres, as well as female-driven comedies.
handsomecharlie films recently set up PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES with Darko Entertainment at
Lionsgate, BOOKSMART at Fox, BEST BUDS at Vendome Pictures with Portman attached to star, and they
are partnered with Plan B at Paramount to produce IMPORTANT ARTIFACTS, based on the book by Leanne
Shapton, with Brad Pitt and Portman attached to star. Their first produced film, HESHER, was recently bought
for distribution by Newmarket at the Sundance Film Festival and is slated for release in 2011. The film is
directed by Spencer Susser and stars Joseph Gordon Levitt.
Portman became the first Ambassador of Hope for FINCA, an international village banking
microfinance program providing small loans and savings programs to the world's poorest families so they may
create their own jobs, raise household incomes, and improve their standard of living thereby reducing poverty
worldwide. As the Ambassador of Hope, Portman has proved to be a globally aware and dedicated individual
who supports the work of FINCA through her advocacy and visits to FINCA International programs in
countries such as Guatemala, Ecuador and Uganda. She has also met with high-level United States Members of
Congress to lobby for support of international microfinance funding.
A Harvard graduate with a degree in psychology, Portman has also studied at Hebrew University in
Jerusalem where she learned Arabic and Hebrew, and studied the Anthropology of Violence and Israeli history.
VINCENT CASSEL (Thomas Leroy) is a prolific and prominent actor who's known for his bold
choice of roles and fearless inhabitance of his characters.
Earlier this year, Cassel was seen starring in Jean-Francois Richet's MESRINE: PUBLIC ENEMY #1
and MESRINE: KILLER INSTINCT. The two-part films tell the true story of Jacques Mesrine, who became
France's most notorious felon throughout the 1970's. Arch-fiend to some and folk hero to others, Mesrine's
illegal career spanned nearly two decades of brazen bank robberies, prison breaks, and ingenious identity
changes. Critically acclaimed worldwide, the film was a commercial success in France, garnering the country's
highest honor in film, ten César Award nominations and winning the awards for Best Actor and Best Director.
For his performance, Cassel went on to receive Best Actor honors at the Lumiere Awards, the Etoile D'Or and
the Tokyo International Film Festvial.
Cassel has completed production on Dominik Moll's THE MONK, toplining an 18th century-set story
based on Matthew Lewis' Gothic novel depicting the rise and tragic downfall of Capucin Ambrosio, a respected
Spanish monk. He has also recently finished filming David Cronenberg's A DANGEROUS METHOD,
alongside Viggo Mortensen, Michael Fassbender and Keira Knightley. The film revolves around a love triangle
that develops between psychiatry pioneers Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung who both fall in love with Jung’s
patient.
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