Amber Heard is headed back to the big screen.
The 37-year-old actress, who has stepped away from the limelight since losing the 2022 defamation case brought by her ex-husband Johnny Depp, 60, will appear in the upcoming thriller In The Fire, which is set to premiere at the 69th Taormina Film Festival in Italy.
It will be the first time she has promoted a film since her court battle, reported Deadline.
The plot is set in Colombia in 1899.
The synopsis on the festival’s website, reveals that Amber will play a widowed American psychiatrist who ‘arrives in a rich farm in Colombia after being called to solve the case of a disturbed child.’
Return: Amber Heard,37, is headed back to the big screen. will appear in the upcoming thriller In The Fire, which is set to premiere at the 69th Taormina Film Festival in Italy.
The boy’s mother is concerned about accusations by a local priest that her child is possessed by the devil.
‘When the doctor arrives, she discovers that the boy’s mother is dead and that the father himself has begun to believe in the possible possession of the child.’
While the doctor uses the still new practice to try to cure the child, it becomes a race against time to save the boy, and perhaps her own life.
Amber will travel to Sicily with her co-star Eduardo Noriego, 49, and director Conor Allyn to promote the film.
The festival will take place June 23-July 1, 2023.
Amber will also appear in the upcoming Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom.
She is expected to reprise her role as Mera, for the superhero film due out in December.
Amber has been living in Spain, where she moved after the volatile court case.
Thriller: Amber will star as an American psychiatrist called to Colombia in 1899 to treat a young boy whom a local priest has accused of being the devil
Promotion: Amber has been living in Spain with her daughter, two. Her appearance at the Taormina Film Festival in Sicily, Italy will be the first time she has promoted a film since her court battle with ex-husband Johnny Depp, 60
Mera: Amber will reprise her role as Mera in the upcoming Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, due in theaters in December
She lives there with her daughter, Oonagh Paige, two.
The little one was born via surrogate in April 2021.
The doting mother has been spotted playing with the girl in a park in Madrid.
When recently asked ‘How is your new life here in Madrid?’ by a TikTok user who goes by @casaenplaya.
Amber answered in Spanish, ‘I love Spain so much.’