Cannes: Ben Kingsley to Play Salvador Dali in ‘Dali Land’

Oscar winner Ben Kingsley has signed on to play surrealist painter Salvador Dali in Mary Harron’s Dali Land.Lesley Manville will play Dali’s domineering wife and muse, Gala, in the biopic.

Tim Roth and Frank Dillane co-star.Bankside Films is handling worldwide sales on the film and will present it to buyers in Cannes next week.Harron, who co-wrote the screenplay to Dali Land with John C.

Walsh, is fresh off helming Netflix’s award-winning drama Alias Grace and recently wrapped Charlie Says, starring Matt Smith, a feature about the Manson family women.The Canadian director is perhaps best known for…

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