Alexandra Rapaport Starrer ‘Little Did I Know’ Sells to Multiple Territories: ‘We Need Stories About Real Life’ (EXCLUSIVE)
17.06.2024 - 19:43
/ variety.com
Marta Balaga Viaplay Group has sold Sweden’s “Little Did I Know” – starring Alexandra Rapaport – to Australia (SBS), Croatia (Pickbox), Basque Spain (EITB), Indonesia (Mola) and Latin America (DMD). The film, which plays in competition this week at the Monte-Carlo Television Festival, is produced by Bigster. It follows Petra (played by Rapaport), who is in for a rude awakening: her “perfect” husband, the father of her two children, is having an affair and he wants a divorce.
Now in her 50s, she has to face the music. But she also can’t help thinking about her 15-year-old self (Ella Hammarsten Liedberg), full of hope and falling in love for the very first time. The film, based on Martina Haag’s books, and her own story, is also directed by her.
“I used the best parts from my life [making this film]. And my friends’ lives! It’s easier to talk to the actors if you have experienced the same situation. If it was about a murder, I would have to use my imagination.
But this? I have been through every single emotion,” Haag told Variety at the festival. Her story struck a chord – and with Rapaport too. “I read the book when it came out.
I didn’t know Martina, but I was so touched by it. It hit me hard,” said Rapaport, also seen in SkyShowtime’s “Veronika” and “Gåsmamman.” “She said that back then, she felt like a little bunny, abandoned in the middle of the forest. That’s how it is.
I have been through sorrows as well. She held my hand and we smoked cigarettes, although we ‘don’t smoke’ anymore. We went back in time and we did it together.” Haag added: “We still do.