The idea of two famous actresses developing a “special friendship” on screen is likely enough to get some fans hot under the collar. But hold your lascivious pit ponies for a moment, because we’re talking serious drama with not a whiff of exploitation cinema about it (stop looking disappointed in the back, there).
And, after all, the two stars in question are Helena Bonham Carter and Susan Sarandon, so we’re expecting Eleanor And Colette to be the height of good taste. The plot has Eleanor (Sarandon) unhappily living in a psychiatric institute. But when she aims to file a legal complaint against her doctors for the psychological drugs they’ve been administering, she retains the services of attorney Colette (Bonham Carter) and the two bond as the legal battle drags on.
German-born director Rolf Schuebel is calling the shots on the film, based on Marc Bruce Rosin’s script. The cameras gear up next spring in San Francisco, Vancouver and Germany.