Cate Blanchett will star in SWEETSICK, Alice Birch’s feature directorial debut that is set to begin filming in the fall. Cate and Dirty Films are producing the film.

Cate and her sons, Dashiell and Ignatius went to see the play Stereophonics in the West End, one of the cast members of the play is Zachary Hart who played Simon Medvedenko opposite Cate’s Irina Arkadina in The Seagull at the Barbican.

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Sweetsick

Two-time Oscar winner Cate Blanchett (Tár, Nightmare Alley) will star in Alice Birch’s Sweetsick, which will rep the filmmaker’s feature directorial debut at Searchlight.

Sweetsick, which Birch also wrote, follows a mercurial woman (Blanchett) with a strange and piercing gift – the ability to see what others most intimately need, often at great personal cost – who sets out on a journey home. Cameras rolls this fall in the UK and Greece.

Pic is produced by Tessa Ross, Juliette Howell and Theo Barrowclough from House Productions (Conclave, Mint, The Wonder) alongside Blanchett and her Dirty Films banner. Lee Groombridge will also produce. Film4 will executive produce and co-finance.

Birch said, “I could not be more excited to be making my debut feature as a director with such an extraordinary team of filmmakers and collaborators. I am in the safest hands with Tessa Ross and her brilliant team at House, and am so proud to be working with Searchlight and Film4. To have the peerless Cate Blanchett at the centre of it is thrilling.”

“We’re all very big believers in Alice Birch and it’s been wonderful to see that the fantastic team she’s gathered around her, not least the amazing Cate, feel the same way – all drawn in by her bold, beautiful vision,” added Ross.

Follow the official Instagram account for the film here.

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