Flop Tart Natalie Imbruglia - First look at her new movie

HER hair might be a mousy brown mess and in need of deep conditioning, but Natalie Imbruglia's role in South Australian-made movie Elise is still likely to turn heads.

The first official picture of the new-and-improved, twice-as-serious Imbruglia has been released ahead of a marketing push for the Cannes Film Festival next month.

Given that work is continuing on the film's editing and soundtrack, it's unlikely that the production company, Essential Pictures, will be showing anyone more than a few clips of the $2.4 million movie at Cannes.

But it'll be hoping Imbruglia's popularity as a singer helps it stitch up international deals.

Elise is an adaptation of Adelaide author Georgia Blain's novel, Closed for Winter, and was shot over five weeks late last year.

Imbruglia plays the withdrawn and quiet Elise Silverton.


- From The Herald Sun