A new teaser trailer for Wes Anderson’s upcoming film The French Dispatch introduces the character Moses Rosenthaler, an incarcerated artist played by Benicio del Toro. Set in the French outpost of a fictional Kansas-based newspaper, The French Dispatch has been described as “a love letter to journalists.” The characters and articles that populate the film are inspired by Anderson’s love of The New Yorker. The film will feature an ensemble cast of Anderson’s recurring group of actors, including Bill Murray, Owen Wilson, Tilda Swinton, and Anjelica Huston as the narrator. Timothée Chalamet will also star in the film, marking his first project with Anderson.
In the clip released by Searchlight Pictures, del Toro’s Rosenthaler is portrayed as both a madman and a generational talent, alternately shown smearing swaths of paint and wearing a straitjacket. The teaser also prominently features Adrien Brody, who plays Julien Cadazio, an art dealer attempting to interview the imprisoned painter. Cadazio asks, “How’d you learn to paint this kind of picture. Also, who’d you murder, and how crazy are you?” Tilda Swinton and Léa Seydoux also make an appearance. The French Dispatch is an anthology film and, as such, the clip is introduced as "Story #1: The Concrete Masterpiece,” in what will likely unfold as a series of cinematic magazine features.
Watch the full teaser trailer below:
The project marks del Toro’s first film with Anderson. The veteran actor won an Academy Award in 2001 for his work in Steven Soderbergh’s Traffic, recently teaming up with the director again for No Sudden Move, released in July. Meanwhile, Brody is one of Anderson’s most frequent collaborators, having starred in The Darjeeling Limited, Fantastic Mr. Fox, and The Grand Budapest Hotel. Brody’s character is based on the real-life art dealer Joseph Duveen, who was the subject of a 1951 six-part feature in The New Yorker titled “The Days of Duveen.”
The French Dispatch was met with critical praise when it debuted at the 74th annual Cannes Film Festival, receiving a nine-minute standing ovation. The film will make its way stateside on October 2 and be screened at the New York Film Festival. It is scheduled to be released in theaters on October 22. Those eager for Anderson’s next project won’t have to wait long, however, since Brody, Murray, and Swinton have all signed on to join Anderson’s next film, which is set to shoot in Spain.
Source: Searchlight Pictures
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