by Dov Kornits
“Dario is a one-of-a-kind talent and a writer-director we have wanted to work with since seeing his cult hit series Danger 5,” said Causeway producers Kristina Ceyton and Samantha Jennings. “It’s an honour to support him to make his debut feature, which is a brilliant and absurdly funny satire about human relationships and the struggle between our desire for domestication and our animal natures. We are thrilled to bring together exemplary lead actors in Morfydd and Jai, who will bring reality, nuance and charisma to these roles.”
Causeway have famously supported great emerging Australian talent, including Jennifer Kent (The Babadook, The Nightingale), Goran Stolevski (Of An Age, You Won’t Be Alone), Rodd Rathjen (Buoyancy), and coming up Talk To Me by Youtube sensations RACKARACKA.
The Fox synopsis goes something like this: “When the vain heir to a vineyard dynasty discovers his fiancé is cheating on him, he wants nothing more than to avoid embarrassment and get the issue resolved. Desperate, he decides to follow the advice of a rogue fox, who promises him that his doomed relationship will be fixed if he pushes his loved one into a magic hole that has the power to transform flawed people into perfect partners. The woman who re-emerges seems to be everything he ever wanted, until her strange new quirks lead him to question his decision.”
Adelaide’s Dario Russo is best known for co-creating and featuring in multiple roles in cult comedy series Danger 5. Morfydd Clark starred in Saint Maud, but more recently as Galadriel in The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.
“Dario is a trailblazing visionary and the perfect helmer for this striking fable filled with gallows humour, which explores desire, deceit and what truly goes on behind the façade of normality,” said Protagonist Pictures CEO Dave Bishop, who is Executive Producing, and leading global sales on The Fox. “Jai is perfectly cast as Nick, having built an incredible career portraying engaging characters who find themselves in otherworldly circumstances, and demand for Morfydd continues to deservedly grow following her exquisite performance in Saint Maud.”
