Ralph Fiennes, Colin Farrell & Wagner Moura Set For Comedy ‘Art’ From Director Fernando Meirelles & Screenwriter Christopher Hampton; 193 Launches For Cannes Market

EXCLUSIVE: Here’s some fun casting. Three-time Oscar nominee Ralph Fiennes (Conclave), Oscar nominee Colin Farrell (The Banshees of Inisherin) and recent Oscar nominee Wagner Moura (The Secret Agent) are teaming up on comedy movie Art.

This is an English-language adaptation of the popular play of the same name by French playwright Yasmina Reza and it has attracted a great team. Moura’s fellow Brazilian Oscar nominee Fernando Meirelles (City Of God, The Two Popes) is aboard to direct. Multiple Oscar winner Christopher Hampton (The Father) has adapted.

The play deals with art and friendship. It follows three long-time friends, Serge, Marc, and Yvan. Serge, indulging his penchant for modern art, buys a large, expensive, completely white painting, with some slightly-less white lines. Marc is horrified that Serge would waste such money on this, and their relationship suffers considerable strain as a result of their differing opinions about what constitutes “art”. Their troubled friend, Yvan, finds himself caught in the middle of the conflict. He attempts to please and mollify both of them, but this only serves to make things worse.

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