Franco to star in post-WWII drama ‘Me, You’

James Franco is stepping up his acting comeback and will play one of the lead roles in Danish director Bille August’s post-World War II coming-of-age drama Me, You, adapted from the novel Tu, Mia by Erri De Luca, reports The Hollywood Reporter.

He will star alongside Tom Hollander and Daisy Jacob. The principal photography set to take place in Ischia starting in September.

According to the plot description, ‘Me, You’ sets in Ischia in the 1950s. The film focuses on 16-year-old Marco, who spends his days sailing in the tranquil waters of the bay of Naples with hardened fisherman Nicola, who beguiles Marco with his wounded tales of the sea and the war following his military service as a U.S. GI.. Shy and curious, Marco sets out to experience all that his enchanting new surroundings, so far removed from his native London and gloomy Scottish boarding school, have to offer.

While Franco will be seen playing the role of Marco in ‘Me, You’, Hollander plays his father Edward. The film features Daisy Jacob in the role of Caia with whol Marco fell in love with and which changed his life forever.