Brit actress Kate Winslet is all set to narrate a new documentary about an Icelandic mother trying to come to terms with her son’s autism.

Winslet, 33, was compelled to agree to do the narration for director Fridrik Thor Fridriksson’s The Sunshine Boy after she watched footage that he had sent her. The film chronicles film producer Margret Dagmar Ericsdottir as she struggles to understand her severely autistic son Keli.

“I am delighted and honoured that Kate agreed to do the narration,” Contactmusic quoted her as saying. “Her contribution plays an instrumental role in increasing awareness for autism, which many claim is the world’s fastest-growing epidemic,” she added.

The Sunshine Boy is expected to receive rave reviews when it debuts as part of the Real to Reel section of the Toronto International Film Festival on September 12. The flick will feature musical contributions from Icelandic stars Björk and Sigur Ros.

British screen star Kate Winslet, who won the 2009 best actress Oscar, will take the lead role in a television adaptation of Mildred Pierce, based on the novel by James M. Cain, Hollywood press said on Friday.

Winslet, who won the Academy Award for The Reader, will be directed by Todd Haynes, best known for his landmark Bob Dylan 2007 biopic I’m Not There.

Although no deal has been struck, Variety said the US subscription channel HBO is a lead contender to pick up the mini-series.

The novel was originally made into a 1945 movie that won actress Joan Crawford an Oscar for her portrayal of a lonely housewife getting into the restaurant business – a move that ultimately devolves into a thrilling tale of romance and murder.

Winslet, 33, first gained popular attention for her star-making role in the 1997 epic movie Titanic, opposite Leonardo DiCaprio.

Haynes, who will also write Mildred Pierce for the small screen, directed Safe (1995), Velvet Goldmine (1998), and Far from Heaven (2002).

Source: Tonight