Watch "The Humbling" Trailer, Starring Al Pacino as Washed-Up Stage Legend (Video) | Playbill

News Watch "The Humbling" Trailer, Starring Al Pacino as Washed-Up Stage Legend (Video) Two-time Tony Award winner Al Pacino will star as washed-up stage legend Simon Axler in the film "The Humbling," which will screen at the Toronto International Film Festival. Watch the recently released trailer.

Directed by Barry Levinson, "The Humbling" is based on the 2009 novel of the same name by Philip Roth; Buck Henry penned the screenplay.

Also in the cast are Greta Gerwig, Kyra Sedgwick, Dianne Wiest, Charles Grodin, Dan Hedaya, Nina Arianda, Victor Cruz, Maria Di Angelis, Ricky Paull Goldin, Li Jun Li, Billy Porter, Katrina E. Perkins, Tim Falter and Emily Dorsch.

In the film, Pacino's character struggles to land his next gig, and he turns heads by dating his friend's much younger daughter (Gerwig), who is referred to as a "flirtatious lesbian."

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