Rebecca Miller certainly comes from an impressive background. Her father is American playwright, essayist and screenwriter Arthur Miller and her mother Austrian photographer Ingeborg Morath. Her husband is now retired English actor Daniel Day-Lewis with whom she has two children.
But Miller's made a great name for herself as a filmmaker and her films have included Berlinale 2016 Panorama film Maggie’s Plan, and The Private Lives of Pippa Lee, the latter screening in Competition in 2009.
The 73rd Berlin International Film Festival will open on February 16, 2023 and has announced it will kick off with the world premiere of Miller's latest film, US production She Came to Me. The romantic comedy boasts a cast of international stars that includes Peter Dinklage (pictured above), Marisa Tomei, Joanna Kulig, Brian d’Arcy James and Anne Hathaway.
This delightful comedy about love in all its forms weaves together the tales of a charming cast of characters living in the romantic, bustling metropolis of New York City. Composer Steven Lauddem (Peter Dinklage) is creatively blocked and unable to finish the score for his big comeback opera. At the behest of his wife Patricia (Anne Hathaway), formerly his therapist, he sets out in search of inspiration. What he discovers is much more than he bargained for, or imagined.
She Came to Me will screen out of competition as a Berlinale Special Gala at the Berlinale Palast.
“We are very pleased to open this festival edition with an irresistible comedy that builds upon the everyday conflicts of western society. The characters, conceived by Rebecca Miller and incarnated by fantastic actors choose to follow the inspiration of the moment instead of being led by societal dictates. Like a pre-code Hollywood film, She Came to Me is a magical ode to the freedom of expression,” commented the Berlinale directors Mariëtte Rissenbeek and Carlo Chatrian.
She Came to Me is produced by Damon Cardasis, Pamela Koffler, Christine Vachon, Rebecca Miller, Len Blavatnik and Anne Hathaway. Protagonist Pictures are handling international sales and CAA are representing North America.
Photo of Peter Dinklage courtesy of © Protagonist Pictures, used with permission.
