Natalie Portman is Set To Star in HBO Films' THE DAY OF ABANDONMENT
Natalie Portman is set to lead the cast of the upcoming HBO Films project The Days of Abandonment. The movie is based on the novel written by Elena Ferrante. Portman will play Tess, “a woman who abandoned her own dreams for a stable home life.” In turn, she ends up being abandoned by her husband, and “her world is thrown off its axis.”
The movie is being written and directed by Maggie Betts, who will also executive produce alongside Portman. This seems like it’ll be a great role for the actress, who also was recently cast in the Apple TV+ limited series Lady in the Lake. She is currently shooting Thor: Love and Thunder.
The description of the book reads:
The Days of Abandonment is the gripping story of an Italian woman’s experiences after being suddenly left by her husband after fifteen years of marriage. With two young children to care for, Olga finds it more and more difficult to do the things she used to: keep a spotless house, cook meals with creativity and passion, refrain from using obscenities. After running into her husband with his much-younger new lover in public, she cannot even refrain from assaulting him physically.
Source: Variety