Keira Knightley Will Lead Pathe's MISBEHAVIOUR

Variety says Keira Knightley will lead MISS WORLD pageant dramedy "Misbehaviour" for Pathé.

"Misbehaviour" is based on the true events of the 1970 MISS WORLD pageant in London, when a global audience witnessed the patriarchy driven from the stage and the Western ideal of beauty turned on its head. The most-watched television show in the world at the time, with more than 100 million viewers, the 1970 MISS WORLD pageant saw the newly formed Women's Liberation Movement achieve overnight fame by invading the stage and disrupting the live broadcast, hosted by Bob Hope, claiming that such beauty competitions demeaned women. When the show resumed, the result caused further uproar when Miss Grenada became the first black woman to be crowned Miss World, beating the favorite. Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Jessie Buckley co-star.

"Misbehaviour" is director Philippa Lowthorpe's second feature film, following "Swallows and Amazons." She is one of only two women to have won a BAFTA TV Award for direction.

Knightley, a two-time Oscar nominee, was most recently seen in biopic "Colette," premiering at Sundance in Janurary. Next up is Disney's "The Nutcrackers and the Four Realms," which opens in the U.S. on Nov. 2.

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