1905 Movie News Famous director Martin Scorsese will star in the crime thriller "Hand of Dante" directed by Julian Schnabel ("The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" and "At Eternity's Gate"). It is reported that he will play a small but relatively outstanding role in the film. Previously, Scorsese had become the film's executive producer.
The film is based on the novel of the same name written by Nick Tozis. It tells two parallel stories, each centering on the famous poet Dante and his masterpiece "The Divine Comedy": In contemporary New York, the original manuscript of "The Divine Comedy" appears in the hands of a black market smuggling gang. Nick, a scholar of the status quo, is called upon by them to sort out what is true and what is false. Nick eventually defies the mafia due to temptation and steals the manuscript, embarking on a dark and violent road with his lover Julietta from metaphorical hell to heaven. In a parallel time and space, Dante was trapped in a loveless marriage to Gemma. He fled to Sicily and composed his greatest work, the Divine Comedy, to immortalize his lost love Beatrice. The timelines of Nick and Dante weave different paths, but the two are closely connected, both lost in the pursuit of love, beauty and God's omen.
As for other actors, Oscar Isaac, Gal Gadot, Jason Momoa, Gerard Butler, Al Pacino and others will star in the film. At present, there is no specific release status of the film, but some media said that the film is expected to premiere at the Venice Film Festival.
