Sarah Polley to play Queen of Sweden

September 10, 2009 Sarah Polley ("Dawn of the Dead") is to play the Queen of Sweden in Finnish director Mika Kaurismaki's historical drama "Queen Kristina," it was announced Thursday. Canadian screenwriter Michel Marc Bouchard will pen the script for "Queen Kristina," a portrait of the 17th century Swedish queen who ascended to the throne at age six years and became an eccentric political and military leader who eventually abdicated her throne to pursue artistic and scientific interests. Mika Kaurismaki's latest film, "The House of Branching Love," will have its international premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on Friday, after earlier opening on theatrical release in Finland.

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