Marleen Gorris to direct Dalí–García Lorca love story (5087)

Variety reports that lesbian director Marleen Gorris, who won an Academy Award in 1995 for the Dutch film Antonia's Line, is set to direct the independent film Little Ashes. The screenplay is the first by Philippa Goslett and focuses on the love affair between surrealist painter Salvador Dali and Spanish poet Federico Garcia Lorca. Gorris also directed the films Mrs. Dalloway and The Luzhin Defence; the latter will open in selected cities on Friday.