Maggie Gyllenhaal and Ralph Fiennes have joined the independent drama Farnsworth House.
The indie feature is set in late 1940s Chicago. Gyllenhaal (The Kindergarten Teacher) is set to play Dr. Edith Farnsworth, whose project with the Bauhaus architect Mies Van Der Rohe, played by Fiennes, to build the first glass house led them into a love affair like none other.
Farnsworth House will be directed by Ricard Press, who will also be penning the screenplay. Gyllenhaal is producing with Albert Berger and Ron Yerxa though Bona Fide Productions.
“I am always looking for projects about real women, with complicated, interesting minds,” Gyllenhaal said. “They are far and few between and Farnsworth House is a rare find. In Edith Farnsworth is the opportunity to express a full and exciting spectrum of thoughts and feelings. But there is also the opportunity for the most exciting kind of artistic experience: a collaboration. Farnsworth House is a love story between two iconoclasts, two equally interesting players.”
Farnsworth House is currently in pre-produciton.
