{"id":427353,"date":"2026-05-14T13:48:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T13:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/427353\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T13:48:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T13:48:08","slug":"kings-daughters-starring-sandrine-bonnaire-boarded-by-wtfilms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/427353\/","title":{"rendered":"‘King’s Daughters,’ Starring Sandrine Bonnaire, Boarded by WTFilms"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tWTFilms<\/a> has acquired worldwide rights for Pascal Plante<\/a>\u2019s \u201cKing\u2019s Daughters,\u201d a historical survival drama spiced with folk-horror undertones, starring Sandrine Bonnaire<\/a>, Laurie Babin, Laur\u00e9na Thellier, Zo\u00e9 Adjani and newcomer Marguerite Champoux.<\/p>\n

\n\tPlante previously directed cyber-thriller \u201cRed Rooms,\u201d punk rom-com \u201cFake Tattoos\u201d and sports drama \u201cNadia, Butterfly.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tSet in 1663, \u201cKing\u2019s Daughters\u201d chronicles the cursed transatlantic voyage of the first group of orphan virgins sent by King Louis XIV to be married off in his faltering colony of New-France, which is the area now known as Quebec. These exiled maidens \u2013 including the youngest, Catherine Moiti\u00e9, 13 years old \u2013 undergo a horrifying crossing of 111 days, plagued by promiscuity, disease, superstitious crew, famine, vermin, apathy and death.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe film is co-written and produced by Dominique Dussault from Nemesis Films (\u201cRed Rooms\u201d), which marks her sixth collaboration with Plante, as well as Stephanie Morissette from La Maison de Prod (\u201cRavenous\u201d) and Caroline Bonmarchand from Avenue B (\u201cThe Origin of Evil\u201d).<\/p>\n

\n\tShot over two continents, principal photography started last March in Montreal, Canada, and will resume this June in St-Malo, France.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe film is set to be released in 2027.<\/p>\n

\n\tPlante said, \u201cWhile in the middle of filming this strange beast, it is a comfort to know that solid partners like WTFilms are already believing in us in such a way! What a joy to be part of their genre-bending, eclectic, and oh-so-badass catalog!\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tDussault, Morissette and Bonmarchand said, \u201cAs three women producers, we are proud to be part of the current wave of change that is bringing greater attention to women\u2019s contributions to history. \u2018King\u2019s Daughters\u2019\u2019 themes of female solidarity within a story of survival, oppression, and resilience will resonate deeply with contemporary audiences. This epic tale offers viewers a glimpse into the origins of what we now call sisterhood.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe film has been sold in France to Tandem and Entract in Canada.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WTFilms has acquired worldwide rights for Pascal Plante\u2019s \u201cKing\u2019s Daughters,\u201d a historical survival drama spiced with folk-horror undertones,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":427354,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[14400,156,409,111,139,69,219165,219166,219167],"class_list":["post-427353","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-cannes-film-festival","tag-entertainment","tag-movies","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-pascal-plante","tag-sandrine-bonnaire","tag-wtfilms"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427353","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=427353"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427353\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/427354"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=427353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=427353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=427353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}