Berlin Film Fest to Open with Rebecca Miller’s “She Came to Me,” Anne Hathaway Stars

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Berlin Film Fest to Open with Rebecca Miller’s “She Came to Me,” Anne Hathaway Stars

Rebecca Miller’s latest has been tapped to open the 2023 Berlin International Film Festival. Oscar winner Anne Hathaway and four-time Emmy winner Peter Dinklage topline “She Came to Me,” which will make its world premiere at the fest February 16. The Hollywood Reporter confirmed the news. 

The romantic comedy is set in New York and follows a composer (Dinklage, “Game of Thrones”) with writer’s block who is “struggling to complete his big comeback opera. On the suggestion of his wife, and former therapist, played by Hathaway, he sets out in search of inspiration, getting more than he bargained for,” per the source.

Marisa Tomei (“Spider-Man: No Way Home”) and Joanna Kulig (“Hanna”) co-star.

“We are very pleased to open this festival edition with an irresistible comedy that builds upon the everyday conflicts of western society,” said Berlinale directors Mariëtte Rissenbeek and Carlo Chatrian in a statement. “The characters, conceived by Rebecca Miller and incarnated by fantastic actors choose to follow the inspiration of the moment instead of being led by societal dictates. Like a pre-code Hollywood film, ‘She Came to Me’ is a magical ode to the freedom of expression.”

Two of Miller’s previous features screened at the Berlinale, 2015’s “Maggie’s Plan” and 2009’s “The Private Lives of Pippa Lee.” She last directed “Arthur Miller: Writer,” a 2017 doc about her father, the famed playwright behind “Death of a Salesman” and “The Crucible.”

Hathaway won an Oscar for “Les Misérables” and received a nod for “Rachel Getting Married.” She had a supporting role in 2022’s “Armageddon Time,” a coming-of-age drama exploring race, religion, and the American Dream. She and “Last Night in Soho’s” Thomasin McKenzie  lead “Eileen,” a psychological thriller about a friendship between two women working at a prison that’s set to make its world premiere at Sundance later this month.

Berlin Film Fest runs February 16-26.