Willem Dafoe to shine in Barbara Paz’s fiction functions debut ‘Cuddle’
Four-time Oscar nominated Willem Dafoe will work together again with Brazilian Bárbara Paz in near-Future Drama, “Cuddle”, Paz’s fiction debut.
Dafoe was an associated producer of the documentary “Bakenco: Tell Me When I Die” (2019), who directed Paz as an ode to her deceased husband, Argentinian Brazilian filmmaker Hector Bakenco (“Kiss of the Spider Woman”, “Carándirurururu”) and that Brazily “) representedRD Academy Awards.
Dafoe’s tires with Paz and Bakco started with ‘My Hindu Friend’, the Semi-Autobiographical 2015 Swan Song of Bakco, in which Dafoe closely modeled a dying filmmaker who was closely modeled on Bakco himself and Paz played a small but crucal role.
In “Cuddle” Dafoe Dante, a professional hugger who offers platonic comfort to strangers longing for connection. His customers vary from overwhelmed to the emotionally vulnerable, people looking for human touch in a world where affection has become rare and transactional. Behind his calm exterior, Dante struggles with a painful habit and a lonely existence, only softened by the calm company of his dog. But when a surprising meeting disrupts its routine, it opens the door to a fragile and unexpected kind of intimacy.
“Apart from an exploration of loneliness, the need for human touch and victory, this story catches the time,” said Dafoe, who added that he really looks forward to working with Paz again.
In order to add to the Oscar-StaBoom of the project, Summiração of Brazil, behind the recent best international function Oscar winner “IIM Still here”, joins Infinity Hill, producer of the Academy Award-nominated “Argentina, 1985”.
“Cuddle” marks the first time that Infinity Hill has collaborated with conspiracy, but it is their second co -production with Brazil, after “Puan.”
Inspired by the growing Real-World phenomenon of cuddly therapy and the intensifying global dialogue about loneliness, “Cuddle” is described by its producers as ‘A moving exploration of touch, vulnerability and connection in an emotionally disconnected age. “
The drama is produced by Renata Brandão and Juliana Capelini for conspiracy, Axel Kuschevatzky, Phin Gynn and Cindy Teperman for Infinity Hill and Paz for BP.
Dafoe will then appear in Kent Jones’ Late Fame; The Phoenician Scheme ‘, his sixth collaboration with Wes Anderson; Nadia Latif’s “The Man in My Basement”; Miguel Angel Jimenéz’s “The Birthday Party”; Patricia Arquette’s “Gonzo Girl”; And Saverio Costanzo’s ‘Finally Dawn’.
He is currently filming Jennifer Peedom’s “Tenzing” and recently signed to shine in “The Souffleur”, an English -language dark comedy helped by rising Argentinian director Gastón Solnicki. He currently also holds the position of artistic director of Theater for the Venice Biennale.
Dafoe is being taught at the artist partner in the UK and WME in the US and Circle Management + Production.
