The Governesses will be directed by Joe Talbot from a screenplay written with poet Olivia Gatwood, with shooting of the film set to begin in Spain shortly.

While plot details have yet to be fully revealed, a a review of the 1992 novel, translated from its original French, The London Magazine called it: “not just an expression of female sexuality, but a healthy exploration of lust and desire from all perspectives.”

“The transgressive fantasy perfectly appeases our growing desire to liberate female sexuality from its status as a taboo and unspoken topic,” it continued. “ It acts as a rebellion against male domination over female desire, with the governesses’ sexual encounters with men resembling a predator stalking its prey, and strips traditional patriarchal ideology of its power by placing these wild women into the world of the aristocracy.”

The Governesses: Lily-Rose Depp, Hoyeon and Renate Reinsve will star in the rebellious A24 film