The 33-year-old Mexican actor will star opposite I Am Legend’s Alice Braga inThe Ardor, a modern-day Western set in the Amazon.
Directed by Argentine helmer Pablo Fendrik, centers on a lone Amazon shaman (Garcia Bernal) who stumbles across a tobacco farmer and his stunning daughter (Braga) in the jungle. When a roving band of deforesters attack the farm, killing the farmer and taking his daughter hostage, Garcia Bernal’s character decides to exact revenge.
The feature, Fendrik’s follow-up to Blood Appears, a highlight of Cannes Critics Week in 2008, is described as a tale of survival and revenge set in in the Amazon jungle.
Gael García Bernal will soon be sharing the screen with Alice Braga… The 34-year-old Mexican actor and the 30-year-old Brazilian actress are currently filling El Ardor in Argentina. Written and directed by Pablo Fendrik, the film centers on a mysterious man who emerges from the Argentinian rainforest to rescue the…
It’ll be a busy Cannes Film Festival for Gael Garcia Bernal… Along with serving as a panelist on the festival’s main jury, the 35-year-old Mexican actor, director and producer will also attend the screening of his latest film El Ardor. Festival organizers have selected the Pablo Fendrik-directed film to receive…
Gael García Bernal is about to get classical… The 34-year-old Mexican actor/director has signed on to star in Amazon Studios’ comedy pilot Mozart In The Jungle. Based on the memoir by Blair Tindal of the same name, the project is all about sex, drugs and classical music and shows…
