{"id":10466,"date":"2022-05-21T16:23:34","date_gmt":"2022-05-21T20:23:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=10466"},"modified":"2023-12-12T03:37:55","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T08:37:55","slug":"the-oscar-winning-actor-anthony-hopkins-to-play-sigmund-freud-in-frueds-last-session","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=10466","title":{"rendered":"The Oscar Winning Actor, Anthony Hopkins to Play Sigmund Freud in &#8220;Freud\u2019s Last Session&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two-time Oscar winning actor from \u201c<strong>Silence of the Lambs<\/strong>\u201d and \u201c<strong>The Father<\/strong>,\u201d<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>Anthony Hopkins is set to take on the founder of psychoanalysis Sigmund Freud in a new project called, \u201c<strong>Freud\u2019s Last Session<\/strong>\u201d which was launched in the Cannes market.<\/p>\n<p><i>&#8220;<strong>Freud\u2019s Last Session<\/strong>&#8220;<\/i> is being directed Matthew Brown (<i>The Man Who Knew Infinity<\/i>), working from a script by a playwright, Mark St. Germain (<i>The God Committee<\/i>) and adapted from his play of the same title. The project is being shopped around at the Cannes by WestEnd Films and CAA Media Finance.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Set on the eve of WWII towards the end of Freud\u2019s life,<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Freud (Hopkins) invite iconic young author C.S. Lewis, the British writer who is best known for \u201c<i>The Chronicles of Narnia <\/i>book series, into his home in the English capital. Two men engaged in a conversation about numerous profound topics of love, sexuality, and God\u2019s existence an so on, while it\u2019s also exploring Freud\u2019s unique relationship with his lesbian daughter Anna and Lewis\u2019 unconventional romance with his best friend\u2019s mother, the film interweaves past, present and fantasy, bursting from the confines of Freud\u2019s study on a dynamic journey.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeyond my own intellectual curiosity and inclination towards this piece, there is a deep recognition of how incredibly timely and important this film is,\u201d said Brown.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> online pharmacy <a href=\"https:\/\/health4painrelief.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/png\/flagyl.html\">flagyl<\/a> with best prices today in the USA <\/div>\n<p> \u201cWe live in an age that is so ideologically polarized, where everyone is stuck in their own tribes, with no real dialogue.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> online pharmacy <a href=\"https:\/\/health4painrelief.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/png\/synthroid.html\">synthroid<\/a> with best prices today in the USA <\/div>\n<p> I want to make a film for all audiences that is emotional, thought-provoking and creative. A film that asks the big questions, while investigating what is at the heart of the human condition: love, faith and mortality.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> online pharmacy <a href=\"https:\/\/health4painrelief.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/png\/priligy.html\">priligy<\/a> with best prices today in the USA <\/div>\n<p>\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>The play, which first premiered in 2009, has been described by the New York Times as \u201ca sharp, lively discourse, and audience members searching for engaging debate will be pleased\u2026Mark St. Germain\u2019s script is astute, and the humor is plentiful.\u201d<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>So far, no other cast members have yet been announced. 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