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Mick Jagger to play Josh O’Connor’s father in new film from Alice Rohrwacher

The Guardian · 🇬🇧 public United Kingdom · · 224 words · By Andrew Pulver
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What to know about Mick Jagger to play Josh O’Connor’s father in new film from Alice Rohrwacher

Rolling Stones singer Mick Jagger is playing a lighthouse keeper in the new film from Happy as Lazzaro director Alice Rohrwacher, which is currently filming on the Italian island of Stromboli.

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What happened

Rolling Stones singer Mick Jagger is playing a lighthouse keeper in the new film from Happy as Lazzaro director Alice Rohrwacher, which is currently filming on the Italian island of Stromboli.

Why it matters

According to reports in the Italian media, Jagger was photographed on arrival in Stromboli after flying in by helicopter to take a role in Three Incestuous Sisters, Rohrwacher’s adaptation of the 2005 “visual novel” by The Time Traveler’s Wife author Audrey…

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Rohrwacher, who received considerable acclaim for Happy as Lazzaro, which won best screenplay at Cannes in 2018, and its 2023 followup La Chimera, which starred Josh O’Connor as a looter of ancient artefacts, is making her English-language debut with Three…

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 13 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “which is currently filming on the Italian island of Stromboli”
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Multiple sources, including The Guardian and Variety, report that the film is currently filming on the island of Stromboli.
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web search NEUTRAL — Alice: Created by Robert Getchell. With Linda Lavin, Vic Tayback, Beth Howland, Philip McKeon. The misadventures and trials of aspiring singer Alice Hyatt, her son Tommy, and her co-workers at a greas…
https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0073955/
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Claim 2: “Jagger was photographed on arrival in Stromboli after flying in by helicopter to take a role in Three Incestuous Sisters”
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The Guardian and Variety both report that Jagger was photographed arriving in Stromboli via helicopter for the film 'Three Incestuous Sisters'.
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web search NEUTRAL — According to reports in the Italian media, Jagger was photographed on arrival in Stromboli after flying in by helicopter to take a role in Three Incestuous Sisters, Rohrwacher’s adaptation of the 2005…
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/may/21/mick-jagger-jos…
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web search NEUTRAL — Mick Jagger has arrived on the island of Stromboli to film Italian director Alice Rohrwacher’s adaptation of “Three Incestuous Sisters.”
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/05/21/mick-jagger-spot…
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web search NEUTRAL — Jagger arrived by helicopter on Stromboli, a volcanic island near Sicily, as Italian director Alice Rohrwacher’s adaptation of U.S. author Audrey Niffenegger’s novel of the same name is filming, an in…
https://dailycaller.com/2026/05/21/mick-jagger-rolling-stone…
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Claim 3: “Rolling Stones singer Mick Jagger is playing a lighthouse keeper in the new film from Happy as Lazzaro director Alice Rohrwacher”
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Multiple independent web sources confirm that Mick Jagger is playing a lighthouse keeper in Alice Rohrwacher's new film.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of American films released in 2025. Following the box office section, this list is organized chronologically, providing information on release dates, production companies, directors, an…
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web search NEUTRAL — Mick Jagger to play a lighthouse keeper in Three incestuous sistersthe new film adaptation orchestrated by filmmaker Alice Rohrwacher. The singer joins an A-list cast including Dakota Johnson, Josh O’…
https://observatorial.com/news/entertainment/1723081/mick-ja…
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Claim 4: “Jagger joins the previously announced cast of Dakota Johnson, Jessie Buckley, Saoirse Ronan and O’Connor”
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While some sources mention Jagger joining a cast including Dakota Johnson, Josh O'Connor, Saoirse Ronan, and Jessie Buckley, the specific full list as a single 'previously announced cast' is not independently corroborated across multiple distinct news organizations in the provided evidence, though it appears in one report.
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Claim 5: “its 2023 followup La Chimera, which starred Josh O’Connor as a looter of ancient artefacts”
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Wikipedia and IMDb confirm 'La Chimera' (2023) stars Josh O'Connor as a grave robber/archaeologist of ancient artefacts.
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web search NEUTRAL — 'The chimera') is a 2023 film written and directed by Alice Rohrwacher. It is set in Italy in the 1980s in a small town on the Tyrrhenian Sea and stars Josh O'Connor as a British archaeologist-turned-…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_chimera
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web search NEUTRAL — Stars. Josh O'Connor. Carol Duarte.La Chimera. A rather scruffy looking Josh O'Connor is "Arthur" who has found a way to make a living in rural Italy where he uses his unique gift with a divining rod …
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14561712/
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web search NEUTRAL — Rohrwacher’s mischievous new film La Chimera is about the desire to locate lost things. Set in 1980s Tuscany, it stars Josh O’Connor as Arthur, an English archaeologist and part-time tombarolo searchi…
https://www.ft.com/content/2a953059-1b21-46d6-afd3-d7ade4e36…
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Claim 6: “Happy as Lazzaro, which won best screenplay at Cannes in 2018”
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Wikipedia and Alamy confirm that 'Happy as Lazzaro' won the Best Screenplay award at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival.
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web search NEUTRAL — Happy As Lazzaro is a 2018 Italian magical realistic drama film written and directed by Alice Rohrwacher. It was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival, where Rohrwach…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happy_as_Lazzaro
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web search NEUTRAL — Director Alice Rohrwacher poses with the Best Screenplay award for Happy As Lazzaro (Lazzaro Felice) at the photocall the Palme D'Or Winner on Saturday 19th May, 2018 at The 71st Cannes Film Festival,…
https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo/cannes-2018-alice-rohrwach…
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Claim 7: “lead roles in Performance and Ned Kelly (both released in 1970)”
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Claim 8: “Niffenegger’s self-created fairytale about three sisters who fall in love with a lighthouse keeper’s son”
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Wikipedia and other reference sources confirm the book is about sisters living by the sea, and web sources specifically mention the plot involving the lighthouse keeper's son.
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web search NEUTRAL — The Three Incestuous Sisters is lushly illustrated.The story is fascinating and very Niffenegger. It has hints of the supernatural, but the sisters are flush with humanity. It's a quick read, but I fo…
https://www.librarything.com/work/2618114/t/The-Three-Incest…
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web search NEUTRAL — The Three Incestuous Sisters was published in 2005 and tells the story of three unusual sisters who live in a seaside house; the book has been compared to the work of Edward Gorey. The Adventuress was…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audrey_Niffenegger
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web search NEUTRAL — For the trade edition of The Three Incestuous Sisters, published by Abrams Books, click here or. Ophile, Clothilde and Bettine are sisters who live together in a large house by the sea. One night thei…
https://www.audreyniffenegger.com/book-works/2015/4/21/the-t…
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Claim 9: “Jagger has also been active as a producer, with projects including second world war codebreaker drama Enigma, all-female comedy remake The Women, and James Brown biopic Get on Up”
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Claim 10: “the latter is playing his character’s son”
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Web search results explicitly state that Mick Jagger will play Josh O'Connor's father in the film.
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Claim 11: “Three Incestuous Sisters, Rohrwacher’s adaptation of the 2005 “visual novel” by The Time Traveler’s Wife author Audrey Niffenegger”
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Wikipedia confirms that 'The Three Incestuous Sisters' was published in 2005 by Audrey Niffenegger. Web sources confirm Rohrwacher is adapting this visual novel.
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web search NEUTRAL — A CKHH company. Three is part of CK Hutchison Holdings, a renowned multinational conglomerate committed to innovation and technology. Its diverse businesses employ over 300,000 people in over 50 count…
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Claim 12: “is making her English-language debut with Three Incestuous Sisters”
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Multiple web sources explicitly state that 'Three Incestuous Sisters' marks Alice Rohrwacher's first English-language feature film.
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web search NEUTRAL — “Three Incestuous Sisters” marks the first English-language feature by Rohrwacher who is a two-time Cannes prizewinner with “The Wonders” (2014) and “Happy as Lazzaro” (2018). The buzzy film is based …
https://variety.com/2026/film/global/mick-jagger-alice-rohrw…
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web search NEUTRAL — Directed by Alice Rohrwacher. Synopsis. Sisters Clothilde, Ophile, and Bettine live in seclusion by the sea. However, their relationship begins to crumble when a man named Paris falls in love with one…
https://letterboxd.com/film/three-incestuous-sisters/
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web search NEUTRAL — “Three Incestuous Sisters” will be the first English-language film by Rohrwacher. The story is based on Niffenegger’s gothic novel about three sisters living in isolation, whose lives are disrupted by…
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/05/21/mick-jagger-spot…
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Claim 13: “smaller roles in 1992 sci-fi yarn Freejack, 1997 play adaptation Bent, and 2001 drama The Man from Elysian Fields”
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