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The film will shoot for four weeks in New York and Paris from October.

French actress Alix Benezech and Us-Palestinian actor Adam Budron have signed to star in Us director Bandar Albuliwi’s solo directorial debut Juliet, which will begin production on October 29.

The film will shoot for four weeks in New York City and Paris. It centres on an astrophysicist who struggles to reintegrate into society after the death of her husband. Molly Price, Laith Nakli and Luke Guldan also star.

Benezech, whose credits include Mission: Impossible - Fallout, replaces Yasmine Al Massri, who was previously attached to star and produce.

Never one to rest on her laurels, Palestinian actress Hiam Abbass arrived at the Abu Dhabi Film Festival not only to accept one of its prestigious Black Pearl awards for career achievement, but also to give one out as part of the narrative competition journey, and to present her latest movie, Ghazi Albuliwi's New York-set culture-clash comedy "Peace After Marriage." Wearing so many hats at once is nothing new for the Paris-based star perhaps most familiar to American audiences for Thomas McCarthy's "The Visitor": she recently made her feature debut as writer and director with "Inheritance," and supplemented her supporting role in Steven Spielberg's "Munich" with dialect coaching. Indiewire sat down with the multi-talented artist on the morning of her award to talk politics, passing up roles, and the challenge of marrying the actor's personal conviction with the director's creative vision. So, you're here to receive your career achievement award.