EXCLUSIVE: Three-time Oscar nominees Ralph Fiennes (Conclave) and Viggo Mortensen (Eastern Promises) are leading cast in Oscar winner István Szabó’s (Mephisto) under-the-radar period drama Embers, which has begun filming in Budapest, Hungary.
Also joining the cast in the prestige pic are Oscar nominee Charlotte Rampling (45 Years), Katherine Langford (13 Reasons Why), Louis Hofmann (All The Light We Cannot See), Gijs Blom (The Kollective), Evelyne Brochu (French Girl), and Jonah Russell (Lady Chatterly’s Lover).
Adapted by two-time Oscar winner Christopher Hampton (Dangerous Liasons) from Sándor Márai’s acclaimed novel, the film reunites Hungarian auteur Szabó’ with his Sunshine (and Being Julia) producer Robert Lantos and that film’s star, Fiennes. It also marks a reunion between Lantos and Eastern Promises star Mortensen.
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The synopsis reads: “Embers reconnects once inseparable friends, Henrik (Fiennes) and Konrad (Mortensen), decades after Konrad’s mysterious disappearance and uncovers
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