Michael Pitt, Imogen Poots, Isabelle Huppert and Willem Dafoe are set to star in Frank Hudec’s “The Sleeping Shepherd,” which the Solution Entertainment Group will begin shopping to foreign buyers at the upcoming European Film Market, the company announced Tuesday.
“The Sleeping Shepherd” is inspired by the true life story of the world’s most notorious art thief, Stéphane Breitwieser. Breitwieser admitted to stealing 239 works of art from 172 museums and exhibits across Europe from 1995 until 2001, when he was caught.
Alex (Pitt) is a failed painter who decides he would rather steal great art than paint it.