In 1973, a young gallery assistant goes on a wild adventure behind the scenes as he helps aging genius Salvador Dali prepare for a big show in New York.
Acting
Kingsley's Dalí is a prosthetic-heavy masterpiece of egomania and vulnerability.
Costume
Every frame drips with period excess—capes, canes, and catastrophic wigs.
Production
Harron recreates 1970s Manhattan and Dalí's decaying Spanish compound with obsessive detail.
Director
Mary Harron
Ben Kingsley
Dalí
Barbara Sukowa
Gala
Christopher Briney
James
Rupert Graves
Captain Moore
Andreja Pejić
Amanda
Suki Waterhouse
Ginesta
Alexander Beyer
Christoffe
Zachary Nachbar-Seckel
Jeff Fenholt
Mark McKenna
Alice Cooper
Ezra Miller
Young Dalí
Avital Lvova
Young Gala
Gavin Spokes
Gilbert Hamon
Irina Leoncio
Private Nurse
Mercè Ribot
Rosa
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Ezra Miller originally played young Dalí in flashbacks, but their scenes were cut entirely following legal controversies.
Harron—who directed American Psycho—sees Dalí as another American Dream devourer, just with better aesthetics. The film deliberately echoes her earlier work: both are satires of men who mistake consumption for existence.
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