Date 23/09/2016 - News People
Ben Kingsley David Ashton will write the screenplay to adapt the classic female adultery tale for Lavender Pictures and Nevision. Ben Kingsley is behind a TV adaptation of the classic Portuguese female adultery novel Cousin Bazilio. The Ghandi and Tut star will appear in and produce the TV mini-series through his own and Daniela Lavender's indie shingle, Lavender Pictures, and co-developer Nevision. Cousin Bazilio is based on a novel written by Eca de Queiroz in 1878 about a battle between two women, Juliana, an embittered maid, and her employer Luisa, who is in a volatile affair with her cousin, Bazilio.