Exclusive: Academy Award winner F. Murray Abraham (Amadeus, the white lotus), Caroline Aaron (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, 21 Jump Street), Noam Ash (the other two)and Charlie Barnett (Russian Doll, Assistant) is set to 5x Media Bookends From director Mike Doyle.
The film, written by Ash, follows Nate (Ash), a millennial novelist, who is forced to leave his wonderful city life behind and move in with his grandparents after a bad breakup. But when his Holocaust survivor grandfather, Saul (Abraham), shows signs of cognitive decline, and his grandmother, Miriam (Aaron), refuses to acknowledge her husband’s early signs of dementia, Nate finds himself torn between his desire to escape societal retirement life, family responsibilities, and an untimely love story. Expected with his grandparents’ doctor (Barnett).
The film is based on Ash’s own experience living with his grandparents, and was developed in collaboration with the Maimonides Fund.
“Bookends is a coming-of-age story deftly blended with complex end-of-life issues. It has a rare combination of humor and heart that crosses generational lines in a very profound way,” said Producers and 5X Partners Scott Einbinder.Killer Joe, the bodyguard of a hitman(And Alon Strozman)Tatami, La Brea, Echo 3). “We are thrilled to have this be 5X’s first feature film.”
Henry Russell Bergstein, Warren Ostergaard, and Asch work alongside Einbender and Strozmann.
“The film celebrates the beautiful messiness of life, the resilience of the human spirit, and the unbreakable bonds that connect us to those we love across generations,” Doyle adds. “A story that will make us laugh, cry, and cherish the wonderful, unpredictable journey of family and love.”
Abraham is repped by Innovative Artists, Aaron by Innovative Artists and Vanguard Management Group, Ash by Buchwald, Barnett by Gersh and Artists First, and Doyle by Gersh.
5X Media is an international production, talent management and film/TV sales company headquartered in Los Angeles and Madrid, with partners and media executives Alon Strozman, Jill Goldschein and Scott Einbinder. Bookends The first feature for 5X Media representatives.
