So great to see The Childhood Of A Leader featured in this list. Â You’re not alone there The Playlist re: ‘anticipated’! Â So excited for this film, wow how much do we have to look forward to!! 🙂
From The Playlist:
“The Childhood of a Leader”
With so many established names premiering on the Lido this year, we’ve been hard pressed to make space for some of the intriguing-sounding debuts, but one exception is “Childhood of a Leader.” That’s partly because the debuting director is ubiquitous indie actor Brady Corbet, partly because the script is such a challenging one for a first-timer, and partly because of the cast, which features Robert Pattinson, Stacy Martin, Liam Cunningham and Berenice Bejo. Loosely inspired by the lives of various 20th century dictators, the story follows an American family living France in the years immediately post WWI, and in particular the son whose experiences are shaped by and contribute to the rise of fascism. Co-written by Corbet’s “The Sleepwalker” director/co-writer Mona Fastvold, it’s certainly ambitious, but Corbet’s worked with everyone from Oliver Assayas to Ruben Ostlund to Mia Hansen-Løve to Lars Von Trier to Lisa Cholodenko to Noah Baumbach in recent years, and has no doubt been taking notes…
You can see the remainder of the films by clicking on the link above.
Exciting stuff – thank, Michelle!