In an interview during the 2021 Cannes Film Festival, Harron said of the film: “We started looking at Dalí in the 1970s, the older Dalí, with flashbacks of the younger Dalí, which are depicted as an old film. That format really moved me. Ezra had like three days between finishing Fantastic Beasts and starting The Flash, and he insisted on coming and doing our movie. The whole story unfolds through this kind of Nick Carraway figure [Christopher Briney]who enters Dalí’s life as an assistant and sees everything”.
What is Daliland about?
Daliland tells the story of the final years of the strange and fascinating marriage between the genius Dalí and his wife, Gala, as their seemingly unbreakable bond begins to stress 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 a name for himself in the art world, who helps the eccentric and fickle Dalí prepare for a major exhibition at a Gallery.
“We are excited to premiere Mary Harron’s Daliland as this year’s closing night film,” said Toronto Film Festival CEO, Cameron Baileyin a statement released today. “We couldn’t be more proud that Harron is a Canadian who has brought her singular explorations of iconic eccentrics to the world stage. By portraying the wild relationship between Salvador Dalí and his partner Gala, Harron continues to make cinema interesting and engaging.”
The film also stars Barbara Sukowa, Rupert Graves, Alexander Beyer, Andreja Pejic, Mark McKenna, Zachary Nachbar-Seckel, Avital Lvova Y Suki Waterhouse. Harron directed from a screenplay written by John C Walsh. It is produced by Edward R. Pressman of Pressman Film, David Sacks of David O. Sacks Productions, Daniel Brunt, Chris Curling of Zephyr Films and Sam Pressman.
Daliland will make its world premiere on September 17 at Roy Thomson Hall. The festival takes place from September 8 to 18.
Source: Ambito
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