MK2 Films, the French indie banner behind Joachim Trier’s “Sentimental Value” and Kleber Mendonça Filho’s “The Secret Agent,” is financing the film as well as handling international sales. The Paris-based company is also co-repping domestic rights with Cinetic Media. Killer Films’ Christine Vachon and Pamela Koffler are producing.
Haynes penned the screenplay with longtime collaborator Jon Raymond. The story, which echoes classic noirs like “Chinatown,” charts the passionate and unexpected love affair between a cop (Pascal) and a boarding school teacher (Ramirez) in 1930s Los Angeles, when the city is overtaken by corruption and the world is on the brink of war. The two men become targets of…
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