Jessie Buckley & Paul Mescal to Star in Benh Zeitlin's "Hold on to Your Angels"
"The most impossible love story I've ever witnessed" — Benh Zeitlin
Academy Award winner Jessie Buckley and nominee Paul Mescal have signed on to star in Hold on to Your Angels, a new film written and directed by Oscar-nominated filmmaker Benh Zeitlin (Beasts of the Southern Wild).
The Story
Set in South Louisiana, the film follows a hell-bound outlaw (Mescal) and a shepherd of lost souls (Buckley) who fall in love as their bayou community faces collapse. Zeitlin describes it as a "love letter to an endangered way of life."
Production & Distribution
Producers include Plan B and Alex Coco, under the Rapt Film banner. Production is scheduled to begin in February 2027.
- International sales: The Veterans
- Domestic distribution: CAA Media Finance
- The project will be presented at the Cannes market
What the Team is Saying
Plan B described the film as a blend of "intense realism, myth and magic" in an epic love story.
Alex Coco praised Zeitlin's ability to reveal "profound beauty and humanity in parts of America that seldom find their way onto the silver screen."