Penélope Cruz & Javier Bardem to Lead Thriller Movie Bunker, Director Issues Statement

Academy Award-winning couple Penélope Cruz and Javier Bardem have officially signed on for the leading roles in the upcoming thriller titled, Bunker. This marks the pair’s latest collaboration, after previously starring in multiple movies such as Vicky Cristina Barcelona and Everybody Knows. The project hails from award-winning French filmmaker Florian Zeller, who’s best known for his work on the acclaimed 2020 drama The Father.

“I wanted to tell the story of a marriage and was deeply compelled to work with a real-life couple,” Zeller said in a statement. “I immediately was drawn to the idea of working with Javier Bardem and Penélope Cruz, two of the most gifted actors working today, who also happen to be one of the most iconic couples. I wrote Bunker for them. This film will push the boundaries of narrative and emotional truth, blurring the lines between reality and fiction in a way that feels thrilling and deeply human.”

What is Bunker about?

Bunker will be directed by Zeller, who also wrote the screenplay. The movie is produced by Federica Sainte-Rose for Blue Morning Pictures, Fernando Bovaira and Simon de Santiago for MOD Producciones, and Alice Dawson. It is executive produced by Mariano Cohn, Gaston Duprat, Andres Duprat, Emanuel Nunez, and Fernando Sokolowicz.

“When an architect accepts a morally ambiguous project — building a survivalist bunker for a tech billionaire — his wife begins to question their marriage after 17 years together. The film is described as “a thriller that delves into the emotional and moral challenges a couple faces amid the tensions of the world around them, exploring the fears, doubts, and dilemmas that define our era,” reads the official synopsis.

Source: Deadline

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