Actor
Matthew
McConaughey
and
actress
Hilary
Swank
have
joined
the
cast
of
Canadian
director
Jean-Marc
Vallee's
latest
movie
The
Dallas
Buyer"s
Club,
which
is
a
real-life
drama.
McConaughey
will
play
AIDS-affected
electrician
from
Texas,
while
the
two
Oscar
winner
actress
reprise
the
role
of
heroine
in
the
film.
The
Dallas
Buyer"s
Club
revolves
around
Ron
Woodroof,
a
tough
Texas
electrician,
who
is
diagnosed
with
AIDS
and
is
given
six
months
to
live.
In
a
desperate
bid
to
live
long,
he
resorts
to
smuggling
alternative
drugs
into
the
US
to
help
himself
and
other
AIDS
patients.
His
efforts
put
him
on
a
collision
course
with
the
US
Food
and
Drug
Administration.
The
story
of
The
Dallas
Buyer"s
Club
is
said
to
be
a
real
story
of
Ron
Woodroof
and
it
includes
incidents
happened
between
1986
and
1992.
Craig
Borten
and
Melisa
Wallack
have
adapted
Woodroof"s
story
for
the
screen.
It
is
produced
by
Robbie
Brenner,
Rachel
Rothman-Winter
and
Nathan
Ross.
Content
Film
is
selling
The
Dallas
Buyer"s
Club
to
international
buyers
in
Cannes.