Netflix
has
roped
in
filmmaker
Nadine
Labaki
to
tackle
the
English-language
remake
of
French
movie
Les
Invisibles.
Labaki
is
best
known
for
Capernaum,
the
Lebanese
drama
which
was
nominated
in
the
best
international
feature
film
category
at
the
2019
Oscar
Awards
and
which
won
the
Jury
Prize
at
the
2018
Cannes
Film
Festival.
Titled
The
Invisibles,
the
new
movie
will
take
place
at
a
day
shelter
where
homeless
people
congregate
for
food,
warmth,
and
connection.
"When
local
officers
decide
to
close
the
shelter,
social
workers
have
three
months
to
reintegrate
the
women
they
care
for
-
at
any
cost," the
official
plotline
read.
According
to
The
Hollywood
Reporter,
the
movie
will
be
produced
by
Graham
Broadbent
and
Pete
Czernin
through
their
Blueprint
banner
with
Labaki.
Diarmuid
McKeown
and
Ben
Knight
will
serve
as
executive
producers.
The
2018
original
French
film
was
directed
by
Louis-Julien
Petit
and
based
on
the
novel
Sur
la
route
des
invisibles:
Femmes
dans
la
rue
by
Claire
Lajeunie