Cannes 2011: Colin Firth and Emily Blunt team up

Oscar-winner Colin Firth is set to team up with Emily Blunt for an as-yet untitled comedy.

The film will tell the story of 'the story of two damaged souls fleein🗹g their pasts who meet and break into empty homes to ass🌼ume the identities of the absent owners.

Over th𓆉e course of their misadventures the pair fall in love.'

Just the two decades separating 51-year old Firth an⛎d the 29-year old Blunt, but the premise is intriguing at least, and both performers have a history of lifting films above expectation.

On board to steer the ship is commercials director Dante Ariola, who has made a name for himself with ads for Coca-Cola, Adidas, Nike♊ and more.

Focus Features ( The Kids Are All Right, Atonement, Brokeback Mountain ) are shopping the film to distributers durin൲g Cannes, and filming is set to commence in the autumn.

Check out Dante Ar🦩iola's Jim Beam commerical, starring Willem Dafoe, below;