Jennifer Lawrence is ready to star as a disillusioned housewife in an adaptation of Paul B. Rainey’s Why Don’t You Love Me?
Relationships are sophisticated, and generally, figuring out the best way to mend the spidering cracks of a once-solid union is tough. Are you aware what’s much more troublesome to fathom? Making an attempt to repair that fractured relationship after realizing the truth you’re residing in won’t be your individual. A24 invitations you to expertise Why Don’t You Love Me?, an adaptation of Paul B Rainey’s graphic novel starring Jennifer Lawrence.
Lawrence leads the movie with On Changing into a God in Central Florida creator Robert Funke within the director’s chair. Drawn & Quarterly printed Rainey’s graphic novel in 2023, and the e-book’s official synopsis reads:
Claire and Mark are within the doldrums of an sad marriage. She doesn’t get out of her bathrobe and chain-smokes whereas slumped on the sofa. Mark has misplaced observe of the times and may’t get the children to high school on time. They’ve misplaced curiosity in household and order in pizza and Chinese language meals each evening. Mark sleeps on the sofa and has bother remembering his son’s title. He appears like a fraud at work however one way or the other succeeds. Claire stalks an ex-boyfriend. How might he have left her to this life?
Claire and Mark are each suffering from the concept that that is all a dream. Didn’t they’ve totally different lives? When studies of an imminent nuclear struggle come on the radio, the reality begins to daybreak on them: this isn’t the life they selected.
Why Don’t You Love Me? is a pitch-black comedy about marriage, alcoholism, despair, and mourning misplaced alternatives. Paul B. Rainey has created a hilariously terrifying alternate actuality the place confusion and ache would possibly lead individuals to make dangerous selections but in addition ultimately freedom…possibly.
Along with her starring function, Lawrence produces alongside Justine Ciarrocchi for Glorious Cadaver, the banner behind the crowd-pleasing comedy No Onerous Emotions. Fittingly, Midsommar filmmaker Ari Aster will produce Why Don’t You Love Me? Lars Knudsen and Emily Hildner of Sq. Peg additionally produce, with Rainey as an govt producer.
Drawn & Quarterly is a powerhouse writer within the graphic novel area, with page-turners like Geese: Two Years within the Oil Sands, Gleem, So Lengthy Unhappy Love, A Witch’s Information to Burning, Roaming, Offshore Lighting, and Blankets as part of their in depth library. A24 is the right studio to assist adapt D&Q’s penchant for printing unforgettable indie titles, and with Jennifer Lawrence on board, I don’t see how anybody can miss this adaptation of Rainey’s Why Don’t You Love Me?
