Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem will star collectively in ‘Bunker’.
The couple – who married in 2010 and have two kids collectively – will seem in writer-director Florian Zeller’s upcoming film, which is described as “a thriller that delves into the emotional and ethical challenges a pair faces amid the tensions of the world round them, exploring the fears, doubts, and dilemmas that outline our period”.
The movie sees a spouse query her 17-year marriage after her husband accepts a morally ambiguous challenge of constructing a survival bunker for a billionaire, and was written particularly within the English language for Penelope and Javier.
Florian mentioned in a press release: “I wished to inform the story of a wedding and was deeply compelled to work with a real-life couple. I instantly was drawn to the concept of working with Javier Bardem and Penélope Cruz, two of essentially the most gifted actors working in the present day, who additionally occur to be probably the most iconic {couples}. I wrote ‘Bunker’ for them.
“This movie will push the boundaries of narrative and emotional fact, blurring the strains between actuality and fiction in a method that feels thrilling and deeply human.”
Federica Sainte-Rose will produce for Blue Morning Photos alongside Fernando Bovaira and Simon de Santiago of MOD Producciones, and Alice Dawson. As well as, Mariano Cohn, Gaston Duprat, Andres Duprat, Emanuel Nunez and Fernando Sokolowicz will function govt producers.
Federica mentioned of the challenge: “What excites me most about working with Florian on ‘Bunker’ is the daring new route he’s taking as a filmmaker. This challenge marks a transparent tonal shift — unsettling and cinematically daring, Bunker speaks to the evident contradictions that exist in trendy society.
“The exploration of fears of the long run, from ecological threats to rising social inequality, makes this movie each pressing and related.”
Javier and Penelope first met on the set of 1992’s ‘Jamon Jamon’ and launched into a relationship after working collectively once more in 2007 on ‘Vicky Cristina Barcelona’. Different joint initiatives for the couple have included ‘Loving Pablo’ and ‘All people Is aware of’.
