Claire Denis Moving Forward With Female Cannibal Crime Drama ‘The Soap Maker’ (EXCLUSIVE)

May 16, 2026 10:25pm PT Claire Denis Moving Forward With Female Cannibal Crime Drama ‘The Soap Maker’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Film draws inspiration from the true story of a serial killer who cooked the bodies of her victims into soap, cake and cookies.

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Claire Denis is moving forward with cannibal crime drama “The Soap Maker,” which the French auteur is now set to write and direct.

The project, which was first shopped around in 2025 at Berlin’s EFM, has now gained traction with producers Sacha Ben Harroche (“Butterfly Jam”) and Ivy Freeman-Attwood (“The Dispute”) boarding the film in Cannes alongside lead producer Gerry Pass via his New York-based Chrome Entertainment shingle. CAA is packaging.

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