| The Whistleblower to shoot in Romania |
| 16 September 2009 | By Iulia Blaga |
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The Whistleblower, a first feature by Larysa Kondracki, will be shot in Romania this year with MediaPro Pictures (www.mediapropictures.com) providing services.
Rachel Weisz stars the contemporary drama based on true events following the war in ex-Yugoslavia. The British actress plays an American peacekeeper in post-war Bosnia who exposes a sex trade scandal involving employees of the United Nations. The film is based on the story by Kathryn Bolkovac, who went to Bosnia as peacekeeper in 1999. Larysa Kondracki and Eilis Kirwan wrote the script. The film is an independent drama, produced by Amy Kaufman with Primary Productions (www.primaryprod.com), Christina Piovesan with First Generation Films (firstgenerationfilms.com) and Celine Rattray with Plum Pictures (www.plumpic.com). Voltage Pictures (www.voltagepictures.com) is in charge of the international sales. The producers originally had planned to shoot in Hungary. The shooting is to take place this year. No official information from MediaPro Pictures has been released. According to Romanian news reports, Weisz is expected in Romania at the end of September, her second time filming in Romania. Previously she shot The Brothers Bloom with MediaPro Pictures involved.
Production Information Primary Productions 227 West 17th street 3rd floor, New York, NY 10011, USA Phone: 212.620.4582 First Generation Films firstgenerationfilms.com - under construction Plum Pictures |
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