New moving images of The Whale, the new film by Darren Aronofsky, a film very noticed at the Venice Film Festival last September. Brendan Fraser plays a character weighing 270 kilos. Released on March 8, 2023 in France.
Discover the trailer for The Whale, the new film by Darren Aronofsky. Adapted from the play by Samuel D. Hunter (2012), The Whale is set in a Mormon town in Idaho. Charlie, a morbidly obese man weighing 600 pounds, hides in his apartment and feeds, hoping to die. He is desperate to reconnect with his daughter. Soon, he befriends a sharp-tongued and very unhappy teenager.
Produced by studio A24, the film marks the return of Darren Aronofsky behind the camera 5 years after Mother! with Jennifer Lawrence. And especially that of Brendan Fraser, unrecognizable, in a leading role. His character weighs 270 kilos in this film. The actor had to wear many prostheses for this role.
The Whale will be released in France on March 8, 2023, in the middle of the price season in the United States. Note, Brendan Fraser will also appear in the cast of Martin Scorsese’s film, Killers of the Flower Moon.
At the same time, we learn a little more about future projects of Darren Aronofsky. According to Variety, a musical adaptation project of Black Swan is in the works. “We’re trying to make a musical out of Black Swan. We’ll see if that sees the light of day. But we are working on it.“Black Swan, released in France in February 2011, is to date the filmmaker’s greatest success in France, with more than 2.6 million admissions. The plot followed Nina (Natalie Portman), ready to do anything to obtain the main role of Swan Lake directed by the ambiguous Thomas (Vincent Cassel) at the New York City Ballet.. But she soon finds herself confronted with the beautiful and sensual new recruit, Lily…