La Grippe: a cinematic adaptation of “Roman Fever” by Edith Wharton



Sunset over Rome Italy with the Colosseum highlighted by the image 0Cast:
Alida Slade: Judi Dench
Grace Ansley: Jamie Lee Curtis
Young Grace: Keira Knightley
Young Alida: Natalie Portman
Delphin: Orlando Bloom
Soundtrack: Iva Davies

The film will be shot around the conversation between Grace and Alida, bouncing back and forth between the conversation in the present and memories. I would make the ratio of memory to conversation scenes 1:1. For the climax of the narratives drama, the description of Alida sending the letter and Grace receiving it, should use narration from the present and actions occurring before the audience in the past. As Grace approaches the Colosseum, the camera will pan out from the entrance of the Colosseum to the café where Grace and Alida are conversing in the present. The original story would be preserved to the best of my ability.
The actors for Grace and Alida were chosen as I enjoyed them in Freaky Friday and The Importance of Being Earnest respectively. With my hypothetical film providing more attention to the memories of Grace and Alida, I wanted to select actors for Grace and Delphine who had already been costars. I decided on Keira Knightley and Orlando Bloom because, for lack of better words, the original Pirates of the Caribbean is my favorite movie and I thought it would be cool for them to be in another movie together. I choose Natalie Portman to play Alida from the past because I thought it would be cool for her and Keira Knightley to be in another film after being in Star Wars – The Phantom Menace together. I thoroughly enjoy Iva Davies instrumentals from Master and Commander, having music pairing very well to fun vibes along with captivating suspenseful pieces. In the movie I would like a violinist to play in the café, and in the memories a traditional score would be played.

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