EXCLUSIVE: Rain Spencer (Good Girl Jane, The Summer I Turned Pretty) has joined Maude Apatow (Poetic License, Euphoria) and Mike Faist (Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story, Challengers) in writer-director Sarah Elizabeth Mintz’s (Good Girl Jane) dramatic film The Maid of Orleans.
Amira Casar (Call Me By Your Name, La Maison) and Stefan Crepon (Andor, Peter Van Kant) also have been cast in key roles.
In The Maid of Orleans, a curious game of cat and mouse ensues when an ambitious young woman travels to Paris to assist a tortured visionary on his French production of Joan of Arc.
Mintz also is producing the feature together with Shuli Harel and Jeff David (See You When I See You). Astute Films is producing and fully financing the film.
“It’s a great gift to work with artists I admire and trust as I do this team, and I can’t wait to share what we’re cooking up together,” Mintz said.
The Maid of Orleans filming is underway in Paris. The film marks a reunion between Mintz and Spencer, who starred in Mintz’s Good Girl Jane.
Mintz was a Sundance Fellow in the 2017 Writer’s Intensive with her feature Good Girl Jane, which premiered in U.S. Narrative Competition at 2022 Tribeca Film Festival, winning the Founders Award for Best U.S. Narrative Feature as well as Best Performance in a Narrative Feature for Spencer.
Spencer recently wrapped a leading role in the Anne Hathaway-produced feature Little Five opposite Ariana Greenblatt and David Oyelowo. She currently can be seen starring in the Jane Campion-produced Big Girls Don’t Cry, which was directed by Paloma Schneideman and premiered at Sundance this year. She next will be seen reprising the role of Taylor Jewel in the Summer I Turned Pretty movie for Amazon MGM.
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The Maid of Orleans will be Spencer and Mintz’s third collaboration. Earlier this year, they wrapped production on Mintz’s second feature film in Upstate New York.
Amira Casaris is a veteran of numerous international film and TV productions including Apple TV’s La Maison with Lambert Wilson and Carole Bouquet; SND’s drama Visions with Diane Kruger and Mathieu Kassovitz; National Geographic’s dramatic miniseries A Small Light with Bel Powley and Liev Schreiber; Paramount’s The Contractor starring Chris Pine; Sony Classics’ acclaimed Call Me By Your Name with Timothée Chalamet and Armie Hammer, directed by Luca Guadagnino; and CBS Films’ At Eternity’s Gate directed by Julian Schnabel featuring Willem Dafoe, Rupert Friend, Oscar Isaac and Mads Mikkelsen.
Casar frequently appeared in French films and television productions including TF1’s The Divine Sarah Bernhardt starring Sandrine Kiberlainand and Lauren Lafitte; Metropolitan Films’ Sisters in Arms starring Dilan Gwyn, Camelia Jordana, Esther Garrel, Maya Sansa, Nanna Blondell and Noush Skaugen; Studio Canal’s mini-series Savages with Marina Fois, Roschdy Zem, Souhella Yacoub, Dali Benssalah, Sofaine Zermani, Lyna Khoudri and Ilies Kadri and Canal+’s series Versailles with George Blagden, Alexander Vlahos, Tygh Runyan, Suart Bowman and Evan Williams.
Crepon is most recognized for a recurring role in Canal+’s TV dramatic thriller The Bureau starring Mathieu Kassovitz, Florence Loiret Caille and Jonathan Zaccai. He also appeared in Playtime’s drama Peter Von Kant written and directed by Francois Ozon featuring Denis Menochet; Isabelle Adjani and Hanna Schygulla and Lucas Films’ series Andor with Diego Luna, Stellan Skarsgaard and Adria Arjona.
Crepon’s other credits include: Diaphana Distribution’s Man’s Skin opposite Catherine Deneuve, Karin Viard and Laurent Stocker; ARP Selection’s Sanguine starring Mara Taquin and Karin Viard, Zinc’s Vultures costarring Sami Bouajila, Mallory Wanecque, Jean-Pierre Darroussin and Valerie Donezelli; Netflix’s Lupin with Omar Sy and Ludivine Sagnier as well as Elle Driver’s drama Promises featuring Isabelle Huppert and Suffiane Guerrab.
Spencer is repped by UTA, Range Media Partners and Yorn Levine. Faist is represented by WME, Brillstein Entertainment Partner and Jackoway Austen Tyerman. Apatow is represented by WME, Mosaic, Ziffren Brittenham. Mintz is repped by WME and Hirsch Wallerstein Hayumn.