If this trio of lead actors doesn’t get your attention nothing will. Ralph Fiennes, Colin Farrell, and Wagner Moura, all Academy Award nominees, are set to star in Art, the new film from City of God and The Constant Gardener director Fernando Meirelles. Wow. I don’t really care what the movie’s about with that group.
Adding even more prestige to Art is the screenplay by Christopher Hampton, a two-time Oscar winner for Dangerous Liaisons and The Father. Hampton adapted the stage play by Yasmina Reza. The story centers on three longtime friends: Serge, Marc, and Yvan. When Serge buys an expensive nearly all-white painting, he and Marc argue over what counts as “art”, putting their friendship to the test. Meanwhile, Yvan gets caught in the middle trying to play both sides.
There’s nothing about this project that I don’t like. Meirelles is one of my favorite directors. The Brazilian also directed The Two Popes in 2019, a film that earned three Oscar nominations. He has two movies coming this year. First is Prime Video’s sci-fi actioner Beast Race, opening in Brazil. That will be followed by Netflix’s heist thriller Here Comes the Flood starring Robert Pattinson, Denzel Washington, Daisy Edgar-Jones, and Danai Gurira.
Fiennes and Farrell are always attached to high-profile films such as this. Moura, on the other hand, is hotter than he’s ever been after his performance in The Secret Agent. This is clearly a film with awards season aspirations, so we could see all of these men back in the race again soon.
