Sean Penn has boarded Marianna Brennand’s debut fiction feature Manas as executive producer.

Penn, a two-time Academy Award-winning actor, joins Walter Salles , last year’s best international feature Oscar winner for I’m Still Here , two-time Cannes Palme d’Or winners Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne , and I’m Still Here producer Maria Carlota Bruno as executive producers on Manas , which won the 2024 best director award at Venice Days, the independent parallel section of the Venice Film Festival .

In the film, Brennand, who began her career as a documentarian, tells the story of Marcielle, a 13-year-old from Marajó Island. “Silenced in a society that ignores violence against women and children, she confronts generational wounds and takes control of her destiny, forever

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