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Lauren Bacall to Star in Carmel Film

Lauren Bacall
(© Joseph Marzullo/WENN)
Lauren Bacall
(© Joseph Marzullo/WENN)

Two-time Tony Award winner Lauren Bacall will star in Lawrence Roeck’s new independent film Carmel, which is currently shooting in California, according to Variety.

The script, by Carlos de los Rios, focuses on a troubled 16-year-old boy who becomes involved in art forgery and is befriended by a local artist. The cast also features Josh Hutcherson, Alfred Molina, Dina Eastwood, and Hayden Panetierre.

Bacall won Tonys for Applause and Woman of the Year. She received an Oscar nomination for The Mirror Has Two Faces and has starred in such films as To Have and Have Not and The Big Sleep.