Penelope Cruz Develop's 'Chromophobia'

[Wednesday, September 8th, 2004]
Penelope Cruz has joined an ensemble of British actors in a the psychological drama Chromophobia, according to Variety,

Set in contemporary London it is written and directed by Martha Fiennes.

The rest of the cast includes helmer's brother Ralph Fiennes, Kristin Scott Thomas, Rhys Ifans, Ian Holm, Ben Chaplin, Damian Lewis and Harriet Walters.

Chromophobia is described by Rotholz as "a London film with a New York sensibility," inspired by U.S. filmmakers such as Robert Altman, Woody Allen and Paul Thomas Anderson.

Probing the dilemmas of modern London life, where the old-fashioned virtues of honesty and loyalty are replaced by the new morality of success and celebrity, it's the story of a bourgeois family slowly coming apart at the seams.

The movie started shooting a couple of weeks ago on the Isle of Man. It will move to locations in London this fall.

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