Sir Ian McKellen to star in <i>Emile</i> (6988)

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Sir Ian McKellen to star in Emile
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       Out actor Sir Ian McKellen will star opposite Deborah Kara Unger (Crash, Signs and Wonders) in Emile, a new film from writer-director Carl Bessai (Lola), according to The Hollywood Reporter. The movie tells the story of a young woman's reconciliation with her aging uncle (McKellen), whose brother stole her mother from him years earlier.     

        
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