Remember the Polish Brothers? They’re the twin brother writing and directing team who came to prominence with the quirky drama “Twin Falls Idaho” and the magical-realist “Northfork.” They then went Hollywood with “The Astronaut Farmer” but have since fallen on hard times with two completed films — “Manure” starring Billy Bob Thorton and “Stay Cool” starring Winona Ryder and Hilary Duff — still sitting on the shelf hoping to find some kind of release. We can’t remember the last time a team with two films sitting on the shelf kept getting money to make movies, but then again we never figured “Anchorman 2” and “Zoolander 2” wouldn’t get greenlit so what do we know. Regardless, the Polish brothers are soldiering on with their latest, “For Lovers Only” with Stana Katic (from ABC’s “Castle”) set to star.
Inspired by the French New Wave and Claude Lalouch’s “A Man And A Woman,” the film “centers on a couple fleeing Paris and traveling by train, car and motorcycle as their love affair takes them across France from Normandy to St. Tropez. Both characters experience long periods of carefree bliss and joy punctuated by brief moments of guilt and confusion with the final outcome left open to interpretation.”
In this cinematic climate of non-stop 3D tentpoles, toy adaptations and video game epics, the very idea of a film inspired by the French New Wave with a very adult plot moving ahead is exciting. Now let’s just hope there is a distribution with enough brass ones to decide to release it. No word yet on the male lead or when filming is scheduled to start