Rings of Power star Markella Kavenagh and BAFTA Nominee Charlotte Mcburney will lead Breaking the Plateau, a feminist thriller film by Writer/Director Zara Woolf. The film will also feature new Bridgerton actress, Boo Miller. The film follows a young woman who attempts to quit her waitressing job but falls into a plate-polishing nightmare from which there seems to be no escape.
Woolf’s company, Woolf Productions, will produce the film in Partnership with Broken Illusion Pictures. Woolf Productions is building a slate of female empowerment-based projects, including Wild Angel featuring Sanctuary star Elish Liburd. In line with Woolf Productions’ core values of championing female-led stories and empowering women to pursue their passions, Breaking the Plateau aims to provide a wake-up call to anyone wasting their time in an unfulfilling career. It encourages them to wake up from their nightmare and not let their dreams slip away.
With her brand new documentary The Beauty Problem (now streaming on Prime Video UK & USA and Discovered.TV), Woolf exposes how women in the creative industries are valued based on appearance. She is campaigning for less ageist and superficially discriminatory treatment of women within the media.
Rising star Kavenagh leads in the Lord of the Rings spin-off series Rings of Power, which Amazon Prime Video announced was watched by 25 million viewers globally in its first 24 hours, the service’s biggest premiere ever.
Charlotte McBurney is a BAFTA-nominated actress, best known for voicing the lead character, Amicia, in the video game A Plague Tale: Requiem, which has had over 3 million players.
Woolf said, “I’m elated and proud to be working with Charlotte and Markella on Breaking the Plateau. Both inspiring, talented, and kind-hearted young women make a dream team.”
Breaking the Plateau is set to shoot in London this November.