EXCLUSIVE : Phantom Thread star Vicky Krieps is set to play Oscar nominee Rooney Mara’s flame in Paris-set drama Quest For Love , which HanWay is selling at the Cannes market. Written and to be directed by Antonia Campbell-Hughes ( It Is in Us All ), Mara will star as the lead Maris, a woman who “dances on the edge of subversion and violence”. She is described as “a deeply complex woman who explores her capacity to feel love through her relationship with her estranged ten-year-old son Maxy. However her nocturnal habits hint at a dangerous violence that lurks beneath the surface.” European Film Award winner Krieps, who recently starred in Ryan Murphy’s Monster , “will play Alex, a devoted old flame of Maris’. As their relationship re-ignites, Alex’s growing bond with Maxy forces a deadly choice between maternal instinct and romantic obsession.” Watch on Deadline Pic is produced by Macdara Kelleher and John Keville of Wild Atlantic Pictures.…