Christopher Hampton Circling Simone De Beauvoir-Nelson Algren Drama With Anne Fontaine; Talks ‘White Chameleon’ Big Screen Hopes
about iconic feminist writer Simone de Beauvoir and Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Nelson Algren’s transatlantic affair.
De Beauvoir and Algren met in Chicago in 1947 and immediately embarked on a passionate affair that endured for more than 20 years in spite of the complications of transatlantic travel and communication at the time.The Second Sex and still committed to her relationship with Jean-Paul Sartre, who was her partner for 51 years until his death in 1980.Algren is best known for his 1949 novel The Man With The Golden Arm which was bought to the big screen in 1955 by Otto Preminger, with Frank Sinatra in the lead role of a man trying to break his drug addiction, opposite Kim Novak.
“We had an initial discussion followed by a more detailed discussion a week ago. I really want to do it,” said Hampton, who revealed he was in the early stages of the project during a masterclass at the Doha Film Institute’s Qumra event on Monday.. The film is being developed by FrenchTalking to Deadline after the masterclass, Hampton said the feature is likely to focus on the early years of their affair from 1948 to 1952.
In other projects on the boil, Hampton said he was still holding out hopes for a big-screen version of his playThe writer revealed that Egyptian producer Mohamed Hefzy is currently attached to the project which is looking for finance.
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