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At the same time, Ryder is also attached to star in
the title role of director Robert Altman's 'The Widow
Claire', for which discussions with financiers are
taking place.
'Embers' is based on Sanor Mari's Hungarian novel
of the same name. It's about two men, once best friends,
who meet 41 years after last seeing each other. The
duo (Connery and Klaus Maria Brandauer) sit down to
discuss what drove them apart -- a young woman (Ryder)
who ended up marrying Connery's character but may
have been having an affair with the other man.
The events of the story unfold through flashbacks.
During the process, the woman records her thoughts
in a diary, which the men have before them as evidence
-- except they have yet to read it.
'Claire' is set against the backdrop of World War
II. Ryder stars as a young widow with two children
who is caught between the affections of two men --
a sweet young soldier about to go to war and the town's
most sought-after playboy.
Jake Gyllenhaal and Matthew McConaughey have met with
Altman about possibly starring opposite Ryder in 'Claire'.
Ryder's recent credits include the 2002 pair of 'Simone'
and 'Mr. Deeds', and the 2000 thriller 'Lost Souls'.
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