The 41-year-old Mexican actor and producer will star in People of the Book, a film that Good Films Collective has put together, based on the New York Times bestseller from Pulitzer Prize-winning author Geraldine Brooks.
Garcia Bernal will star opposite Nazanin Boniadi and Jason Isaacs will star in the film, which tells the moving history behind the creation of the Sarajevo Haggadah— an illuminated manuscript that contains the illustrated traditional text of the Passover Haggadah which accompanies the Passover Seder.
It originated in Barcelona in 1350, and the film will tell the journey taken by people from different cultures and religions who risked their lives to save it.
The film will be helmed by Academy Award winner Danis Tanovic and is written by Petter Skavlan.
Gael Garcia Bernal is headed back to elementary school… The 38-year-old Mexican actor has joined the cast of Maggie Gyllenhaal’s drama The Kindergarten Teacher, according to Variety. Maven Pictures is producing the film, based on Nadav Lapid’s Israeli film of the same name. Sara Colangelo is directing from her own…
Gael García Bernal is returning to his roots for his next project… The 34-year-old Mexican actor will star in the Spanish-language film Desierto. Jonas Cuarón — who co-wrote his father Alfonso Cuarón’s new sci-fi thriller Gravity — will direct the film, which tells the tale of illegal immigrants who cross…
Gael García Bernal is headed to the Midwest… The 44-year-old Mexican Golden Globe-winning actor/director will star opposite Nicole Kidman and Matthew Macfadyen in the Hitchcockian thriller Holland, Michigan. From Prime Video, the film will be directed by Mimi Cave. While Holland, Michigan is said to concern secrets that lurk beneath a Midwestern town, specifics…
