Alice Rohrwacher Set to Direct The Baron in the Trees; Upcoming Film Will Mostly Be Silent

      Following her films Happy as Lazzaro and La Chimera, Alice Rohrwacher is currently in production on her next feature, Three Incestuous Sisters. This film features a prominent cast that includes Dakota Johnson, Saoirse Ronan, Jessie Buckley, Josh O’Connor, Isabella Rossellini, Alba Rohrwacher, and Mick Jagger.

      The screenplay is based on the 2005 novel by Audrey Niffenegger, known for The Time Traveler’s Wife, and was co-written by Ottessa Moshfegh and Alice Rohrwacher. It centers on three sisters (Johnson, Ronan, Buckley) who are infatuated with the son of a lighthouse keeper, a role played by O’Connor, while Jagger portrays the lighthouse keeper. It has now been revealed that the film is primarily, if not entirely, silent, with speculation suggesting it may be shot in black-and-white by cinematographer Hélène Louvart.

      Variety has also reported that Rohrwacher has already planned her next project, which is set to start filming in the latter half of next year: an adaptation of Italo Calvino’s 1957 coming-of-age tale, The Baron in the Trees. The narrative follows a 12-year-old baron named Cosimo Piovasco di Rondò, who, after a conflict with his father, ascends a tree and lives there for the remainder of his life. Supported by Our Films, it appears that audiences can expect two consecutive Rohrwacher films in 2027 and 2028.