The production company of actress Charlize Theron has bought the film rights to Florence of Arabia, a novel by Christopher Buckley. Theron will produce the movie through her Denver and Delilah Films company and might also headline the movie too.
Buckley's satirical book was first published in 2004 and is about Florence Farfaletti, a Foreign Service worker living in the fictional Middle Eastern Royal Kingdom of Wasabia. The country is a darling of the western world due to its oil production but if you're a woman living there, forget about having the same rights as a man. When Florence witnesses another example of the brutal repression of women's rights in Wasabia she decides to make it her mission to cultivate a non-violent resistance movement to lift up women and give them the same rights as men enjoy. Of course Florence's crusade attracts the condemnation of Wasabia's rulers as well as the...
Buckley's satirical book was first published in 2004 and is about Florence Farfaletti, a Foreign Service worker living in the fictional Middle Eastern Royal Kingdom of Wasabia. The country is a darling of the western world due to its oil production but if you're a woman living there, forget about having the same rights as a man. When Florence witnesses another example of the brutal repression of women's rights in Wasabia she decides to make it her mission to cultivate a non-violent resistance movement to lift up women and give them the same rights as men enjoy. Of course Florence's crusade attracts the condemnation of Wasabia's rulers as well as the...
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