Andy Garcia and Forest Whitaker have joined the cast of "The Air I Breathe" for director Jieho Lee reports Production Weekly.

The crime-drama, written by Lee and Bob DeRosa, is based on an old Chinese proverb that breaks life down into four emotional cornerstones: Happiness (Whitaker), Pleasure (Brendan Fraser), Sorrow (Sarah Michelle Gellar) and Love (Kevin Bacon). The proverb speaks of these emotions, not as isolated framents of feelings, but as elements that make up the whole of the human existence.

Each of the four protagonists in the story is based on one of the four emotions, and like the proverb, their paths are inextricably linked to each other. Carmen Salines will also play a role in the film, which starts shooting Thursday in Mexico City.