Washington: American actor Dakota Fanning is all set to star in the immigrant drama titled ‘Sweetnes<\/b>
\nWashington: American actor Dakota Fanning is all set to star in the immigrant drama titled \u2018Sweetness in the Belly\u2019.
The shooting of the film has started in Ireland and will continue in Ethiopia. Zeresenay Berhane Mehari is helming the drama, while Laura Phillips is writing the script for the film, reported Variety.
The flick is based on Camilla Gibb\u2019s bestselling novel that explores an immigrant\u2019s life from the perspective of being an orphaned child in Africa, escaping to England as a refugee, embracing the immigrant community in London and attempting to reunite people with their families while dealing with an intense lost love affair with a doctor.
Other cast members of the film include Wunmi Mosaku and Kunal Nayyar of \u2018The Big Bang Theory\u2019 fame. The movie was unveiled at the 2017 Berlin Film Festival.
Berhane Mehari\u2019s debut feature film \u2018Difret\u2019 was executive produced by Angelina Jolie and received the audience awards at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival and in the panorama section of the Berlin Film Festival.
\u2018Sweetness in the Belly\u2019 is developed by Sienna Films and is produced by Jennifer Kawaja and Julia Sereny of Sienna Films, along with Alan Moloney and Susan Mullen of Parallel Films.
Fanning last appeared in \u2018Ocean\u2019s 8\u2019 and in TNT\u2019s television series titled \u2018The Alienist\u2019. She will also be seen portraying the role of Charles Manson follower Squeaky Fromme in Quentin Tarantino\u2019s next directorial \u2018Once Upon a Time in Hollywood\u2019.<\/p>\n

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