The 56-year-old British actress Kristin Scott Thomas will step behind the camera for the romantic drama, based on the acclaimed 1959 novel The Sea Change by Elizabeth Jane Howard. Kristin said in a statement "Sidney Pollack told me that actors are naturally good filmmakers, and I want to make a film to continue my trajectory as a storyteller. 'The Sea Change' asks a question I have been trying to answer in many of my performances - what are the reasons for the thrills and difficulties of love?