French master of the absurd Quentin Dupieux has started shooting a feature about the surrealist artist Salvador Dali starring a vast cast of A-list French talent called Daaaaaali!
Dupieux has wrangled a cast of some of France’s top talents for the film including Edouard Baer, Gilles Lellouche, Pio Marmai, Jonathan Cohen, Pierre Niney, Anais de Moustier and Alain Chabat. Chabat has starred in two of Dupieux’s previous films Incredible but True and Smoking Causes Coughing.
Daaaaaali! is produced by Atelier de Production’s Mathieu and Thomas Verhaeghe, with Kinology handling international sales. Diaphana has French rights.
It is the 12th feature from the prolific Dupieux known for his offbeat approach to filmmaking. His work ranges from early titles Rubber, Steak and Wrong to more recent features Incredible but True, Mandibles and Deerskin.
His most recent film Smoking Causes Coughing premiered at Cannes in May and will be released in French theatres on November 30.
Daaaaaali! is about a French journalist who meets the Spanish artist repeatedly for a documentary film project but never manages to start shooting. Dali will be played by different actors throughout the film.
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