First Look: Ben Kingsley as Salvador Dalí in Mary Harron’s Dalíland
Here’s your first look at Oscar-winner Ben Kingsley as Salvador Dalí in Mary Harron’s (American Psycho) feature Dalíland, which is now in post-production.
The movie tells the story of the later years of the strange and fascinating marriage between the iconic Spanish painter and his domineering wife, Gala, as their seemingly unshakable bond begins to strain and fracture. Set in New York and Spain in 1973, the story is told through the eyes of James, a young assistant eager to make his name in the art world, who helps the eccentric and mercurial Dalí prepare for a major gallery show.
Starring alongside Kingsley are Barbara Sukowa (Two of Us, Cannes and Venice Best Actress winner) as Dalí’s wife and muse, Gala; newcomer Christopher Briney as James, the young art enthusiast thrust into the center of Dalí’s remarkable and unexpected world; Rupert Graves (Sherlock) as Dalí’s right-hand man Captain Moore; model and actress Andreja Pejić (The Girl in the Spider’s Web) as Dalí muse Amanda Lear; Suki Waterhouse (Misbehaviour) as Ginesta; Mark McKenna (The Winter Lake) as Alice Cooper; and Ezra Miller (The Flash) as the young Salvador Dalí in a series of flashbacks.
Today’s first-look image also features Pejić as Lear and Sukowa as Gala.
Distribution: Bankside has pre-sold the film to Latvian Film Distribution (Baltics), Volga Film (CIS), HBO (Eastern Europe Pay TV), Fame Solutions (Ex-Yugoslavia), Tanweer (Greece), A Really Good Film Company (Hong Kong & Taiwan), Shoval Films (Israel), Kino Films (Japan), DDream International (Mainland China, excluding Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan), Front Row (Middle East), and Praesens (Switzerland).
Dalíland was developed by Edward R. Pressman (producer of Wall Street and American Psycho) of Pressman Film and entrepreneur David O. Sacks of David O. Sacks Productions. Chris Curling (Falling, The Last Station) of Zephyr Films produces with Pressman and Sacks, alongside Daniel Brunt and Sam Pressman.
Harron directs from a screenplay written by John C. Walsh. Executive producers include Paula Paizes, Hannah Leader, Marc Iserlis, Max and Monique Burger, Munkhtulga Od, Chandu Shah, Cynthia Saggar, Ben Kingsley, Michael R. Newman, Jon Katz, and Philip Colbert of Popcorn Films in London. Carol Bidault of Serein Productions is co-producing.
— By Deadline.com
