Two-time Oscar winner Adrien Brody and Golden Globe winner Rachel Zegler have signed on for “Last Dance”, a father-daughter drama from Brazilian director Karim Aïnouz.
Joining the cast is Tony, Emmy, and Grammy winner Ben Platt, who will co-star and compose original music for the film, while Zegler, fresh off her Olivier-winning run in Evita, will sing.
The screenplay by Emily Ziff Griffin is an adaptation of her 2021 autobiographical article, "The Last Dance with My Dad".
Notably, this is Brody's first major film since his second Best Actor Academy Award win for “The Brutalist”.
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In “Last Dance”, “celebrated Broadway composer Elliot, played by Brody, invites his daughter Emma, essayed by Zegler, on a gay cruise through the Caribbean in 1991—a dazzling, liberating world of music, celebration and chosen family where Emma, the only straight woman on board, experiences an unexpected first love with a young crew member. But beneath the joy and abandon, an AIDS crisis casts an ever-deepening shadow. As Elliot retreats from the devastating reality of his illness, father and daughter are forced to confront the unspoken truths between them. In the fleeting time they have left together, can they rediscover each other before the music finally fades?”
The film is produced by Fifth Season and Oscar-nominated Academy president Lynette Howell Taylor’s 51 Entertainment while Griffin serves as the executive producer.
“I am thrilled to bring to the screen such a unique and moving portrait of a time where hope and celebration allowed our queer community to overcome one of the worst crises of last century,” Aïnouz said.
“When many were dying of AIDS, there was a sense of solidarity and fury that made us stronger. ‘Last Dance’ is a universal and urgent tale where joy is taken up as resilience, where the dance floor becomes pièce de résistance. It is an honour to collaborate with such exquisite talent in order to bring this movie to life in a time where, more than ever, we need fables of hope,” Aïnouz added.
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