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Madeline Zima and Leonardo Nam star in the thriller Love Is the Monster, based on a Finnish legend and currently filming in Canada
The thriller Love Is the Monster has received a SAG-AFTRA Interim Agreement, so production is now underway in Canada with Madeline Zima of Californication and Twin Peaks: The Return and Leonardo Nam of Westworld and Werewolf by Night in the lead roles.
Directed by Alex Noyer (Sound of Violence), who also wrote the screenplay with Hannu Aukia and Blair Bathory, Love Is the Monster follows a couple, Ana (Zima) and Justin (Nam) who, rocked by infidelity, attend an exclusive couples retreat in Finland, under the golden rays of the summer’s midnight sun. The But the idyllic setting soon takes a turn…
Deadline reports that Zima and Nam are joined in the cast by Moe Jeudy-Lamour (Ted Lasso), Kimberly-Sue Murray (Trader), Kristina Tonteri-Young (Warrior Nun), Milla Puolakanaho (Omerta), Tatu Sinisalo (Sisu), and Sheila Mccarthy (Women Talking).
Noyer is producing Love Is the Monster with Laurence Gendron and Hannu Aukia. The The goddess’s Wikipedia page notes that Lempo is “portrayed in the folklore usually as an erratic spirit, as love can be capricious, even dangerous, and it could even take control of a being and turn them to destruction.” The IAU Minor Planet Center adds that “Lempo is the ancient Finnish devil who, with the help of two demon cohorts, Hiisi and Paha, brought down the hero Vainamoinen.”
Chances are that Ana and Justin are going to be dealing with the more dangerous side of Lempo in
Love Is a Monster, rather than the love and fertility side.Does
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