The Oscar-winning actress
plays an opera singer taken hostage in the upcoming thriller, premiering its
trailer exclusively on VF.com.
by YOHANA DESTA
Julianne Moore is under
attack. In an exclusive new trailer for the Oscar-winning actress’s upcoming
film Bel Canto, Moore plays Roxane Coss, an opera singer whose glitzy
performance at a Japanese embassy in an unspecified South American country
turns into a turbulent affair when rebel fighters barge in and take everyone
hostage.
Directed by Paul Weitz
(About a Boy), Bel Canto also stars Ken Watanabe as Katsumi Hosokawa, an
esteemed industrialist with a deep admiration for Coss. Over the course of the
hostage crisis, Coss and Hosokawa grow closer and closer, clinging to one
another and getting romantically attached as violence brews around them. The
film also delves into the perspective of the rebel fighters, who take the
hostages because they want their country’s militaristic dictator to release
political prisoners.
Everything they do is “for
the people,” they remind one another.
Though the hostile takeover
starts off cleanly enough, it’s only a matter of time before one of the younger
rebels accidentally shoots and kills one of the hostages, setting off a chain
of even more chaotic events. There are even whispers that if the government
regains control of the takeover, it’ll kill all the hostages anyway and pin the
tragedy on the rebel fighters. It’s not long before Coss becomes a key member
of the hostage crisis, asked by one of the rebels to go out and sing to the
military soldiers waiting outside the embassy. “When they hear the beauty of
your voice, perhaps they will find a solution,” one of the rebels urges. (Ah,
if only beautiful opera could always solve the world’s problems.)
From there, it’s up to Coss
to decide what her next move should be. Moore, it should be noted, does a fair
bit of excellent lip-syncing in the trailer; the opera is actually performed by
lyric soprano Renée Fleming, the celebrated diva who recently earned a Tony
nomination for her supporting role in the musical Carousel.
Bel Canto is based on the
2001 novel of the same name by Ann Patchett, which was itself adapted into an
opera in 2015. The film will hit theaters on September 14. Take a look at the
exclusive poster below.
https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2018/08/julianne-moore-bel-canto-trailer
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