16/09/2016 - Shooting will start in November, with Emmanuelle Seigner and Eva Green among the cast of this adaptation of the novel by Delphine de Vigan, co-written by Olivier Assayas

The first clapperboard will slam in Paris on 14 November for the 21st feature by Polish master Roman Polanski, Based on a True Story [+see also:
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Written by the director together with Olivier Assayas (nominated for the César Award for Best Screenplay in 1986 for Rendez-vous and in 2015 for Clouds of Sils Maria [+see also:
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film profile]), the screenplay is an adaptation of Delphine de Vigan’s novel of the same name, which depicts a woman taking ownership of another woman’s life, much like a Hitchcockian thriller. The plot of the book revolves around a novelist who has just had a hugely successful book published. However, she feels uncomfortable about the consequences of her newfound fame and meets a woman who works as a biography ghost-writer. While their relationship is initially amicable, it soon starts to transform as this manipulative, predatory character takes control of the author’s life. 

Having pocketed the Palme d’Or at Cannes in 2002 with The Pianist [+see also:
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Produced by Wassim Béji for WY Productions, Based on a True Story will be distributed in France by Mars Films and is being sold overseas by Lionsgate. 

WY Productions has A Perfect Man [+see also:
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(Translated from French)