“Physical” actress Rose Byrne’s Dollhouse Pictures is bringing Hannah Kent’s award-winning novel “Devotion” to the big screen. A press release announced that Dollhouse will be joining forces with Storyd Group, which invests in Australian women filmmakers, to produce the 19th century love story between two young women living in Prussia.
“Hanne and Thea are on the verge of womanhood when they first meet, both outsiders who find a kindred spirit in the other,” the release details. “Their Lutheran community flees religious persecution and seeks resettlement and freedom in South Australia, a journey that puts their faith and friendship under threat but proves the bond of love is unbreakable.”
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