EXCLUSIVE: Content sells thriller starring Sebastian Koch.

Mike Figgis started principal photography on February 6 for his psychological thriller Suspension of Disbelief. Sebastian Koch and Lotte Verbeek star alongside Rebecca Night, Eoin Macken, Julian Sands, Emilia Fox, Frances de la Tour, Lachlan Nieboer, Kenneth Cranham and Gregory Cox.

The project, sold by Content, blurs the lines between reality and fiction in the story of a screenwriter and professor who is implicated in the murder of a mysterious young woman. The film is produced by Vito Di Rosa and executive produced by Future Film’s Carola Ash.

Content’s Jamie Carmichael said: “Mike is a master director of this kind of controversial and intense material and we’re are extremely excited to be working with him, Vito, Sebastian and Lotte on this incredibly beautiful psychological thriller”.