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Kate Beckinsale and Chloe Sevigny are set to star in period drama “Love and Friendship”.
The film is based on Jane Austen’s novella “Lady Susan” and will see the actresses reteam with their “Last Days of Disco” director Whit Stillman.
Beckinsale will play widow Lady Susan Vernon, who goes to the estate of her in-laws to wait out rumors about her romances that are circulating through the polite 1970s society.
Sevigny will play Lady Susan’s friend and confidante.
Xavier Samuel and Stephen Fry also star. Samuel plays the object of Lady Susan’s affections and Fry is the long-suffering husband to Sevigny’s character.
Production will get underway in Ireland this month. Protagonist will launch international sales at the Berlin Film Fest.
