Cate Blanchett to Direct Psychological Thriller THE DINNER
Cate Blanchett has been acting for 20 years, and she always gives great performances in the things she does. We're about to see if her amazing talents will translate to behind the camera. She's going to make her directorial debut with a psychological thriller called The Dinner. The movie is based on a novel written by Herman Koch, and the story "explores just how far some parents might go to protect their children."
I'm sure Blanchett will end up doing a solid job with the film. Here's a more detailed description of the story from the book:
An internationally bestselling phenomenon: the darkly suspenseful, highly controversial tale of two families struggling to make the hardest decision of their lives -- all over the course of one meal.
It's a summer's evening in Amsterdam, and two couples meet at a fashionable restaurant for dinner. Between mouthfuls of food and over the polite scrapings of cutlery, the conversation remains a gentle hum of polite discourse -- the banality of work, the triviality of the holidays. But behind the empty words, terrible things need to be said, and with every forced smile and every new course, the knives are being sharpened.
Each couple has a fifteen-year-old son. The two boys are united by their accountability for a single horrific act; an act that has triggered a police investigation and shattered the comfortable, insulated worlds of their families. As the dinner reaches its culinary climax, the conversation finally touches on their children. As civility and friendship disintegrate, each couple show just how far they are prepared to go to protect those they love.
Tautly written, incredibly gripping, and told by an unforgettable narrator, The Dinnerpromises to be the topic of countless dinner party debates. Skewering everything from parenting values to pretentious menus to political convictions, this novel reveals the dark side of genteel society and asks what each of us would do in the face of unimaginable tragedy.
Via: Deadline