Exclusive filmreview.com footage on Roland Joffe’s “There Be Dragons”
Submitted by pedro on August 2, 2009 – 2:49 amOne Comment
The British filmaker Roland Joffé, director of the Oscar candidates The Killing Field(1984) and The Mission(1986) is in Buenos Aires (my hometown) shooting a new film: There Be Dragons.
The film takes place largely during the Spanish Civil War and focuses on the figure of Jose Maria Escriva de Balaguer, founder of Opus Dei – The Catholic Church controversial institution.
This is a joint production between Spain, Argentina and the United States that addresses the research that a young journalist embarks on a candidate for canonization.
On the topic of the movie, there is considerable controversy regarding whether this is an official movie on Opus Dei. Representatives explained that they only have facilitated access to the files. “The film’s team asked us to collect data and help us provide them the documentation. It begins and ends our collaboration. For all we know is not a biography”.
Now the most interesting part: I could get on the filming set and took some exclusive photos!. Here they are:
In the Art direction will be the Argentinian Eugenio Zanetti (Oscar winner).The director of photography is the Mexican Gabriel Beristain ( Caravaggio, SWAT and Street kings),
The costume design is in charge of the also Oscar winner Ivonne Blake, and the makeup will be the work of Michele Burke , winner of two Academy Awards for La Guerre du Feu (Quest for Fire) and of Francis Ford Coppola’s Dracula
Charlie Cox, 26, will play Josemaría Escrivá.
Other actors are: Wes Bentley, Golshifteh Farahani, Jordi Mollà and Unax Ugalde.
A lot has already been circulated in written & spoken about ‘Opus Dei’.. I guess this flick might help to know us better as to what exactly the norms practiced by this traditional and conserved group of catholic community.