Nordic Entertainment Group (Nent Group), Scandinavia’s leading streaming company, has come on board “Orca” (working title), a Swedish drama dealing with social distancing created, written and directed by Josephine Bornebusch (“Love Me”) .
The series, which started to film this week, is headlined by Swedish stars, including Johan Rheborg (“Partisan”), Gustav Lindh (“Love Me”), Alba August (“The Perfect Patient”), Peter Andersson (“Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit”) and Vera Vitali (“Conspiracy of Silence”), as well as Bornebusch. The show will premiere exclusively across the Nordics on Nent Group’s Viaplay streaming service in the fall.
The experimental drama sees its protagonists communicating with one another primarily through their phones and screens; and they are filming their scenes one at a time with a minimal crew present, said Nent Group. “Orca” is being produced by Sofie Palage at Warner Bros. International Television Production Sweden.
“Social distancing is the story of our time, but...
The series, which started to film this week, is headlined by Swedish stars, including Johan Rheborg (“Partisan”), Gustav Lindh (“Love Me”), Alba August (“The Perfect Patient”), Peter Andersson (“Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit”) and Vera Vitali (“Conspiracy of Silence”), as well as Bornebusch. The show will premiere exclusively across the Nordics on Nent Group’s Viaplay streaming service in the fall.
The experimental drama sees its protagonists communicating with one another primarily through their phones and screens; and they are filming their scenes one at a time with a minimal crew present, said Nent Group. “Orca” is being produced by Sofie Palage at Warner Bros. International Television Production Sweden.
“Social distancing is the story of our time, but...
- 5/8/2020
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
The singer-songwriter on Greta Gerwig, an intimate podcast – and what she’s binge-watching in lockdown
Singer-songwriter Laura Marling was born in 1990, and brought up in a village in Hampshire. She released her debut album, Alas, I Cannot Swim, the week of her 18th birthday. Recipient of a Brit award for best British female solo artist in 2011, she has also received nominations for three Mercury prizes and a best folk album Grammy. As a gesture of solidarity to locked-down music fans, Marling brought forward the release of her seventh LP, Song for Our Daughter, from late summer. It was released on Friday on Chrysalis/Partisan.
Singer-songwriter Laura Marling was born in 1990, and brought up in a village in Hampshire. She released her debut album, Alas, I Cannot Swim, the week of her 18th birthday. Recipient of a Brit award for best British female solo artist in 2011, she has also received nominations for three Mercury prizes and a best folk album Grammy. As a gesture of solidarity to locked-down music fans, Marling brought forward the release of her seventh LP, Song for Our Daughter, from late summer. It was released on Friday on Chrysalis/Partisan.
- 4/11/2020
- by Jude Rogers
- The Guardian - Film News
Madrid — Rolling out muscular first sales on Season 5 of “The Bureau” and “Bad Banks” Season 2, Paris and Los Angeles-based Federation Entertainment is bringing onto the market a powerful new slate led by not only new seasons of “The Bureau” and “Bad Banks” but also Omri Givon’s “The Grave” as it accelerates development with the Covid-lockdown, and hones a new marketing and sales strategies for a virtual marketplace.
Major sales on “The Bureau” Season 5 include the Sundance Channel for the U.S. and U.K., Sbs (Australia), Vrt and Be TV (Belgium), Svt (Sweden), Nrk (Norway).
Germany, Italy, Spain and Russia are in advanced negotiation.
Of more major territiries, “Bad Banks” Season 2 has closed HBO Europe, Hulu U.S., Walter Presents (U.K.), and AMC Iberia, Rtl Luxembourg and Rialto for New Zealand.
The sales underscore the healthy fundamentals of the premium series business in much of the Eurozone, where...
Major sales on “The Bureau” Season 5 include the Sundance Channel for the U.S. and U.K., Sbs (Australia), Vrt and Be TV (Belgium), Svt (Sweden), Nrk (Norway).
Germany, Italy, Spain and Russia are in advanced negotiation.
Of more major territiries, “Bad Banks” Season 2 has closed HBO Europe, Hulu U.S., Walter Presents (U.K.), and AMC Iberia, Rtl Luxembourg and Rialto for New Zealand.
The sales underscore the healthy fundamentals of the premium series business in much of the Eurozone, where...
- 3/30/2020
- by John Hopewell and Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Paris — AMC’s “The Walking Dead: World Beyond,” Amazon Prime’s “Upload,” and Apple TV’s “Trying” will make their international premieres at the 3rd edition of Canneseries, which will run from March 27 to April 1.
The Riviera-set fest will host tributes to David Hasselhoff (“Baywatch”), “Sharp Object” and “Euphoria” breakout Sydney Sweeney, and “Transparent” star Judith Light, before closing with the world premiere of “The Bureau,” Season 5.
Producer Gale Anne Hurd will lead this year’s jury alongside actors Ncuti Gatwa (“Sex Education”), Camille Cottin (“Call My Agent”) and Katja Herbers (“Westworld”), director Tawfik Abu Wael (“Our Boys”) and rocker Steward Copeland.
Pay-tv service Canal Plus will bring two high-profile French language offerings, launching the final season premiere of their spy thriller “The Bureau” and the series premiere of their hip-hop drama “Validé,” which was co-created by popular local star Franck Gastambide.
Of then ten series in the festival’s highly selective competition,...
The Riviera-set fest will host tributes to David Hasselhoff (“Baywatch”), “Sharp Object” and “Euphoria” breakout Sydney Sweeney, and “Transparent” star Judith Light, before closing with the world premiere of “The Bureau,” Season 5.
Producer Gale Anne Hurd will lead this year’s jury alongside actors Ncuti Gatwa (“Sex Education”), Camille Cottin (“Call My Agent”) and Katja Herbers (“Westworld”), director Tawfik Abu Wael (“Our Boys”) and rocker Steward Copeland.
Pay-tv service Canal Plus will bring two high-profile French language offerings, launching the final season premiere of their spy thriller “The Bureau” and the series premiere of their hip-hop drama “Validé,” which was co-created by popular local star Franck Gastambide.
Of then ten series in the festival’s highly selective competition,...
- 2/26/2020
- by Ben Croll
- Variety Film + TV
Can a music festival have a mid-life crisis? In its 33rd year, over two weeks in Austin, Texas, SXSW made its biggest headlines in the opening interactive phase, hosting a widely reported forum of prospective Democratic candidates for president. The SXSW film festival featured major premieres and director Q&As, like a spring-break Sundance with a Texas drawl. And a new SXSW sideline – gaming – drew huge lines at the Austin Convention Center. The original founding energy of SXSW, the music festival, was spread out over an entire week, but big...
- 3/18/2019
- by David Fricke
- Rollingstone.com
The list of the best scores of the year already includes “A Ghost Story,” “War of the Planet of the Apes,” and “Dunkirk,” and as of this weekend we can officially add “Good Time” to the roster. The Safdie Brothers’ wild New York City drama features original music from Oneohtrix Point Never, and it’s so effective in building the movie’s sense of unpredictable danger that even listening to it without the film is an anxiety-inducing experience.
Read More:Why the Safdie Brothers Decided to Put Robert Pattinson in Their Gritty World of New York Amateurs
“Good Time” stars Robert Pattinson as Constantine “Connie” Nikas, a small town criminal who embarks on a dangerous journey to get his brother out of jail after a bank robbery goes wrong. The supporting cast includes Benny Safdie, Barkhad Abdi and Jennifer Jason Leigh. The movie premiered to acclaim at Cannes, where IndieWire called...
Read More:Why the Safdie Brothers Decided to Put Robert Pattinson in Their Gritty World of New York Amateurs
“Good Time” stars Robert Pattinson as Constantine “Connie” Nikas, a small town criminal who embarks on a dangerous journey to get his brother out of jail after a bank robbery goes wrong. The supporting cast includes Benny Safdie, Barkhad Abdi and Jennifer Jason Leigh. The movie premiered to acclaim at Cannes, where IndieWire called...
- 8/11/2017
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Good Time, the new film from the Safdie Brothers, may not have taken home the Palme d’Or at the recent Cannes Film Festival, but it did win the Soundtrack Award for its score from Daniel Lopatin, aka Oneohtrix Point Never.
The crime thriller, which stars Robert Pattinson, was described in our review as a “21st-century fast-food hybrid that mixes trash television and drug culture with Day-Glo-splattered night-time cinematography and throbbing synthesizers, thanks to a standout score.”
The award winning soundtrack will be released August 11 on Warp (pre-order here) and includes the closing track “The Pure and the Damned”, featuring a guest vocal and lyrics from Iggy Pop. On working with the Safdie Brothers, Lopatin tells Fact that he and the filmmakers “share an affection and reverence for bruised and battered stuff, and I think we both feel this urge to enshrine the history as it is now, not as it was then.
The crime thriller, which stars Robert Pattinson, was described in our review as a “21st-century fast-food hybrid that mixes trash television and drug culture with Day-Glo-splattered night-time cinematography and throbbing synthesizers, thanks to a standout score.”
The award winning soundtrack will be released August 11 on Warp (pre-order here) and includes the closing track “The Pure and the Damned”, featuring a guest vocal and lyrics from Iggy Pop. On working with the Safdie Brothers, Lopatin tells Fact that he and the filmmakers “share an affection and reverence for bruised and battered stuff, and I think we both feel this urge to enshrine the history as it is now, not as it was then.
- 6/12/2017
- by Chris Evangelista
- The Film Stage
Four years after lauded New Zealand noir mini-series “Top of the Lake,” Jane Campion, who was cheered at the Cannes 70th anniversary celebration as the only woman director to win the Palme d’Or (1994 Oscar-winner “The Piano”), is back in the festival with “Top of the Lake: China Girl.” She and returning co-writer Gerard Lee debuted all six SundanceTV episodes on May 23rd to raves.
Read More: ‘Top of the Lake: China Girl’ Review: The Highlight of the 2017 Cannes Film Festival Might Be a TV Show
Set five years later, “China Girl” follows Robin Griffin, Elisabeth Moss’s troubled homicide detective (she screams in her sleep), back to her old Sydney police precinct. She’s tough and no-nonsense, eager to prove her expertise against a sea of sexist cops, and saddled with a lanky partner (the hilariously endearing “Game of Thrones” star Gwendoline Christie), who is as sweet...
Read More: ‘Top of the Lake: China Girl’ Review: The Highlight of the 2017 Cannes Film Festival Might Be a TV Show
Set five years later, “China Girl” follows Robin Griffin, Elisabeth Moss’s troubled homicide detective (she screams in her sleep), back to her old Sydney police precinct. She’s tough and no-nonsense, eager to prove her expertise against a sea of sexist cops, and saddled with a lanky partner (the hilariously endearing “Game of Thrones” star Gwendoline Christie), who is as sweet...
- 5/25/2017
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
Four years after lauded New Zealand noir mini-series “Top of the Lake,” Jane Campion, who was cheered at the Cannes 70th anniversary celebration as the only woman director to win the Palme d’Or (1994 Oscar-winner “The Piano”), is back in the festival with “Top of the Lake: China Girl.” She and returning co-writer Gerard Lee debuted all six SundanceTV episodes on May 23rd to raves.
Read More: ‘Top of the Lake: China Girl’ Review: The Highlight of the 2017 Cannes Film Festival Might Be a TV Show
Set five years later, “China Girl” follows Robin Griffin, Elisabeth Moss’s troubled homicide detective (she screams in her sleep), back to her old Sydney police precinct. She’s tough and no-nonsense, eager to prove her expertise against a sea of sexist cops, and saddled with a lanky partner (the hilariously endearing “Game of Thrones” star Gwendoline Christie), who is as sweet...
Read More: ‘Top of the Lake: China Girl’ Review: The Highlight of the 2017 Cannes Film Festival Might Be a TV Show
Set five years later, “China Girl” follows Robin Griffin, Elisabeth Moss’s troubled homicide detective (she screams in her sleep), back to her old Sydney police precinct. She’s tough and no-nonsense, eager to prove her expertise against a sea of sexist cops, and saddled with a lanky partner (the hilariously endearing “Game of Thrones” star Gwendoline Christie), who is as sweet...
- 5/25/2017
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
The Cannes Film Festival generates more attention and excitement than any other film festival in the world, but each year is an unpredictable journey. The Official Selection, alongside the sidebars of Directors Fortnight and Critics Week, offer up a tightly-curated into a range of international cinema from both familiar sources and surprising newcomers. This year’s edition is a reliable combination of top-tier directors whose work will be shown at Cannes until the end of time, notable filmmakers who usually deliver something worthwhile, and unproven quantities with a lot of potential.
Read More: 17 Shocks and Surprises from the 2017 Cannes Lineup, From ‘Twin Peaks’ to Netflix and Vr
In order to work through all of these different possibilities, we’ve broken down our list of anticipated Cannes titles into three categories: A-list auteurs, Discoveries and Safe Bets. Every day of Cannes will bring new updates on the latest films, some of...
Read More: 17 Shocks and Surprises from the 2017 Cannes Lineup, From ‘Twin Peaks’ to Netflix and Vr
In order to work through all of these different possibilities, we’ve broken down our list of anticipated Cannes titles into three categories: A-list auteurs, Discoveries and Safe Bets. Every day of Cannes will bring new updates on the latest films, some of...
- 5/10/2017
- by Indiewire Staff
- Indiewire
It's now confirmed - after a year of talks, Nicole Kidman is now set to re-team with her "Portrait Of A Lady" director Jane Campion for the second season of the thriller series "Top Of The Lake" for The BBC, SundanceTV and Foxtel.
Created by Campion and Gerald Lee, the 2013 first season saw Elisabeth Moss playing Detective Robin Griffin who was investigating the disappearance of a pregnant twelve-year-old girl.
The second season, going by the moniker "Top Of The Lake: China Girl," picks up four years later with Griffin called in to look into the case of an unidentified body which washes up on Sydney's Bondi Beach.
Kidman has just arrived in Sydney to begin filming her scenes. Gwendoline Christie ("Game of Thrones") also reportedly has a major role in the production. Liv Hewson, David Dencik, Alice Englert and Ewen Leslie co-star.
The series will air on BBC Two in the UK and on SundanceTV and Hulu in the U.S. Campion is co-directing with Ariel Kleiman ("Partisan").
Source: Deadline...
Created by Campion and Gerald Lee, the 2013 first season saw Elisabeth Moss playing Detective Robin Griffin who was investigating the disappearance of a pregnant twelve-year-old girl.
The second season, going by the moniker "Top Of The Lake: China Girl," picks up four years later with Griffin called in to look into the case of an unidentified body which washes up on Sydney's Bondi Beach.
Kidman has just arrived in Sydney to begin filming her scenes. Gwendoline Christie ("Game of Thrones") also reportedly has a major role in the production. Liv Hewson, David Dencik, Alice Englert and Ewen Leslie co-star.
The series will air on BBC Two in the UK and on SundanceTV and Hulu in the U.S. Campion is co-directing with Ariel Kleiman ("Partisan").
Source: Deadline...
- 6/13/2016
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Top of the Lake.
Shooting has begun in Sydney on the second season of Jane Campion's Top of the Lake, with Partisan's Ariel Kleiman stepping in as co-director in place of Lion's Garth Davis, who co-helmed season one.
The second series begins four years after the first, with Elisabeth Moss' Detective Robin Griffin now working in Sydney..
Joining Moss are Gwendoline Christie (Game of Thrones, Star Wars: The Force Awakens), Ewen Leslie (The Daughter), David Dencik (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, We Are The Best!) and Campion's daughter, Alice Englert, now a director in her own right.
Gerard Lee, of Sweetie and Top of the Lake season one, has again written the scripts with Campion, while it's unclear if DoP Adam Arkapaw, hot off Justin Kurzel's Assasin's Creed, will also return.
.I.m so excited to be back in Australia working with Jane on exploring this wonderful character", Moss said.
Shooting has begun in Sydney on the second season of Jane Campion's Top of the Lake, with Partisan's Ariel Kleiman stepping in as co-director in place of Lion's Garth Davis, who co-helmed season one.
The second series begins four years after the first, with Elisabeth Moss' Detective Robin Griffin now working in Sydney..
Joining Moss are Gwendoline Christie (Game of Thrones, Star Wars: The Force Awakens), Ewen Leslie (The Daughter), David Dencik (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, We Are The Best!) and Campion's daughter, Alice Englert, now a director in her own right.
Gerard Lee, of Sweetie and Top of the Lake season one, has again written the scripts with Campion, while it's unclear if DoP Adam Arkapaw, hot off Justin Kurzel's Assasin's Creed, will also return.
.I.m so excited to be back in Australia working with Jane on exploring this wonderful character", Moss said.
- 3/22/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Game Of Thrones actress will star alongside the returning Elisabeth Moss, with filming now underway in Australia.
Gwendoline Christie (Game Of Thrones) has joined the cast of the second series of Jane Campion’s Top Of The Lake, which began filming today in Sydney, Australia.
She will star alongside Golden Globe-winning Elisabeth Moss in the returning drama mini-series, produced by See-Saw Films for BBC Two.
Additional cast joining the series include David Dencik (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy), Alice Englert (Beautiful Creatures) and Ewen Leslie (The Daughter).
Commencing four years on from the end of the events depicted in series one, the second series sees the body of an unidentified Asian girl wash up on Sydney’s Bondi Beach. The case initially seems hopeless, until detective Robin Griffin (Moss) discovers that the girl did not die alone.
Campion will return to direct, again writing alongside Gerard Lee, and will be joined by co-director Ariel Kleiman (Partisan).
Producers are [link...
Gwendoline Christie (Game Of Thrones) has joined the cast of the second series of Jane Campion’s Top Of The Lake, which began filming today in Sydney, Australia.
She will star alongside Golden Globe-winning Elisabeth Moss in the returning drama mini-series, produced by See-Saw Films for BBC Two.
Additional cast joining the series include David Dencik (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy), Alice Englert (Beautiful Creatures) and Ewen Leslie (The Daughter).
Commencing four years on from the end of the events depicted in series one, the second series sees the body of an unidentified Asian girl wash up on Sydney’s Bondi Beach. The case initially seems hopeless, until detective Robin Griffin (Moss) discovers that the girl did not die alone.
Campion will return to direct, again writing alongside Gerard Lee, and will be joined by co-director Ariel Kleiman (Partisan).
Producers are [link...
- 3/22/2016
- ScreenDaily
Game Of Thrones actress will star alongside the returning Elisabeth Moss, with filming now underway in Australia.
Gwendoline Christie (Game Of Thrones) has joined the cast of the second series of Jane Campion’s Top Of The Lake, which began filming today in Sydney, Australia.
She will star alongside Golden Globe-winning Elisabeth Moss in the returning drama mini-series, produced by See-Saw Films for BBC Two.
Additional cast joining the series include David Dencik (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy), Alice Englert (Beautiful Creatures) and Ewen Leslie (The Daughter).
Commencing four years on from the end of the events depicted in series one, the second series sees the body of an unidentified Asian girl wash up on Sydney’s Bondi Beach. The case initially seems hopeless, until detective Robin Griffin (Moss) discovers that the girl did not die alone.
Campion will return to direct, again writing alongside Gerard Lee, and will be joined by co-director Ariel Kleiman (Partisan).
Producers are [link...
Gwendoline Christie (Game Of Thrones) has joined the cast of the second series of Jane Campion’s Top Of The Lake, which began filming today in Sydney, Australia.
She will star alongside Golden Globe-winning Elisabeth Moss in the returning drama mini-series, produced by See-Saw Films for BBC Two.
Additional cast joining the series include David Dencik (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy), Alice Englert (Beautiful Creatures) and Ewen Leslie (The Daughter).
Commencing four years on from the end of the events depicted in series one, the second series sees the body of an unidentified Asian girl wash up on Sydney’s Bondi Beach. The case initially seems hopeless, until detective Robin Griffin (Moss) discovers that the girl did not die alone.
Campion will return to direct, again writing alongside Gerard Lee, and will be joined by co-director Ariel Kleiman (Partisan).
Producers are [link...
- 3/22/2016
- ScreenDaily
Game Of Thrones actress will star alongside the returning Elisabeth Moss, with filming now underway in Australia.
Gwendoline Christie (Game Of Thrones) has joined the cast of the second series of Jane Campion’s Top Of The Lake, which began filming today in Sydney, Australia.
She will star alongside Golden Globe-winning Elisabeth Moss in the returning drama mini-series, produced by See-Saw Films for BBC Two.
Additional cast joining the series include David Dencik (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy), Alice Englert (Beautiful Creatures) and Ewen Leslie (The Daughter).
Commencing four years on from the end of the events depicted in series one, the second series sees the body of an unidentified Asian girl wash up on Sydney’s Bondi Beach. The case initially seems hopeless, until detective Robin Griffin (Moss) discovers that the girl did not die alone.
Campion will return to direct, again writing alongside Gerard Lee, and will be joined by co-director Ariel Kleiman (Partisan).
Producers are [link...
Gwendoline Christie (Game Of Thrones) has joined the cast of the second series of Jane Campion’s Top Of The Lake, which began filming today in Sydney, Australia.
She will star alongside Golden Globe-winning Elisabeth Moss in the returning drama mini-series, produced by See-Saw Films for BBC Two.
Additional cast joining the series include David Dencik (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy), Alice Englert (Beautiful Creatures) and Ewen Leslie (The Daughter).
Commencing four years on from the end of the events depicted in series one, the second series sees the body of an unidentified Asian girl wash up on Sydney’s Bondi Beach. The case initially seems hopeless, until detective Robin Griffin (Moss) discovers that the girl did not die alone.
Campion will return to direct, again writing alongside Gerard Lee, and will be joined by co-director Ariel Kleiman (Partisan).
Producers are [link...
- 3/22/2016
- ScreenDaily
Twenty years ago today, February 9, Mathieu Kassovitz's "La Haine" opened in select theaters and began its theatrical rollout in America. The film was already an international sensation at this point, having sent shockwaves through the 1995 Cannes Film Festival, where it received a prolong standing ovation and the Best Director prize, but nothing could have prepared domestic audiences for the movie's political and social force that hits like a visceral wrecking ball. Read More: Watch: Vincent Cassel Plays Cult Dad to Adorable Child Assassins in Exclusive 'Partisan' Clip Starring Hubert Koundé, Saïd Taghmaoui and Vincent Cassel (in his breakout performance), "La Haine" is set over 19 consecutive hours in the lives of three young adults living in the impoverished, multi-ethnic French projects. A far cry from the golden City of Love we normally see on the big screen, "La Haine" captures the urban realism of its...
- 2/9/2016
- by Conor Soules
- Indiewire
★★★☆☆ Vincent Cassel possesses such a steely, lupine charm that he always engenders the characters he plays with subtle menace and ample charisma. His new film Partisan is no exception, giving the actor much of the heavy lifting to do in a deliberate almost-thriller that provokes many questions, but leaves explanation equivocally out of focus right through to its conclusion. Even the wider setting - which may well be a dystopian near-future - is left purposely off screen as the paternal bonds in an isolated commune strain against Oedipal undercurrents and the film's overall cohesion longs for context to add meaning.
- 1/15/2016
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
Under the diligent guidance of institutions like Screen Australia, Australia seems to have become a very promising country for new emerging directors, and Ariel Kleiman is no exception. Within seconds of his uncompromising first feature's opening, it soon becomes apparent that he is a director who refuses to simply create films that can be passively consumed without any active engagement. Instead he seems to try to drive the act of interpretation onto the viewer, leaving us to puzzle out the film's series of sinister mysteries for ourselves. You can see this gauntlet being thrown down early on, too, when Partisan starts by following in the footsteps of a mysterious woman and child. The pair are framed at an unnatural distance from behind, and we trail...
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- 1/7/2016
- Screen Anarchy
Vincent Cassel stars in Partisan as the charismatic leader of a commune sequestered on the outskirts of a small town. That makes him a formidable figure to his son, Alexander (Jeremy Chabriel), who from outward appearances is just like any other kid, except that he's a trained assassin. Their inevitable conflict forms the dramatic core of Partisan. Ahead of its theatrical release in the U.K. this week, director and cowriter Ariel Kleiman (above) talked with us about working with a famous star as well as a young cast, his possible influences, and what he hoped to achieve with the film. Twitch: What does it mean to you as a first-time feature filmmaker to have somebody like Vincent Cassel come on board? Ariel Kleiman: Oh, it's...
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- 1/6/2016
- Screen Anarchy
Well, readers, when it rains, it pours.Our good friends over at Well Go USA have given us three special prize packs for their recent Blu-ray releases of Partisan, Ringo Lam's Wild City, and Korean period action film Memories of the Sword and we want to give them to you!Would you like to know more? Here are some details about each of the films you could win:Partisan (From Well Go USA)On the edge of a crumbling city, 11-year-old Alexander (Jeremy Chabriel) lives in a sequestered commune, alongside other children, their mothers, and charismatic leader, Gregori (Vincent Cassel). Gregori teaches the children how to raise livestock, grow vegetables, work as a community - and how to kill. As Alexander nears his first job as an assassin, he...
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- 12/31/2015
- Screen Anarchy
After winning an award for Best Cinematography in the World Cinema competition at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival, Ariel Kleiman’s directorial debut Partisan was snapped up by Well Go USA Entertainment and released theatrically in October. The limited theatrical didn’t seem to attract much attention, though Kleiman’s film is exactly the kind of offbeat mixture of violence and social commentary which will secure greater appreciation through a slow burn trickle as time goes on. Featuring a stellar, imperious performance from French actor Vincent Cassel, you can add this to his list of under-the-radar starring turns (Sheitan; Our Day Will Come) worthy of greater renown.
Sure to draw superficial comparisons to other famed pre-teen assassin films like The Professional (1994) or Hanna (2011), Australian helmer Kleiman’s directorial debut instead feels like what you’d imagine Yorgos Lanthimos’ version of The Village (2004) would feel like. Headlined by none other than Cassel...
Sure to draw superficial comparisons to other famed pre-teen assassin films like The Professional (1994) or Hanna (2011), Australian helmer Kleiman’s directorial debut instead feels like what you’d imagine Yorgos Lanthimos’ version of The Village (2004) would feel like. Headlined by none other than Cassel...
- 12/8/2015
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Every week we dive into the cream of the crop when it comes to home releases, including Blu-ray and DVDs, as well as recommended deals of the week. Check out our rundown below and return every Tuesday for the best (or most interesting) films one can take home. Note that if you’re looking to support the site, every purchase you make through the links below helps us and is greatly appreciated.
Partisan (Ariel Kleiman)
Why You Should See It: Whether it’s Martha Marcy May Marlene or Sound of My Voice or this year’s The Wolfpack, we’ve seen a number of films at Sundance deal with communes and closed communities, but few bring the level of danger found in Partisan. The directorial debut of Ariel Kleiman (Sundance jury winner for the short Deeper Than Yesterday) is a patiently unfolding drama that displays the lengths one will go to provide shelter and community,...
Partisan (Ariel Kleiman)
Why You Should See It: Whether it’s Martha Marcy May Marlene or Sound of My Voice or this year’s The Wolfpack, we’ve seen a number of films at Sundance deal with communes and closed communities, but few bring the level of danger found in Partisan. The directorial debut of Ariel Kleiman (Sundance jury winner for the short Deeper Than Yesterday) is a patiently unfolding drama that displays the lengths one will go to provide shelter and community,...
- 12/8/2015
- by TFS Staff
- The Film Stage
In last year’s section which included Ariel Kleiman’s Partisan and Anne Sewitsky’s Homesick, it was John Maclean’s debut Slow West claimed the World Cinema Grand Jury Prize, Alanté Kavaïté’s The Summer of Sangailé landed the Directing Award: World Cinema Dramatic, Umrika was the audience’s won the Audience Award: World Cinema Dramatic. In this year’s dozen offerings we have names we normally associate with Cannes in The Misfortunates‘ Felix van Groeningen (Belgica), The Other Side of Sleep‘s Rebecca Daly (Mammal – see pic above) and A Stray Girlfriend‘s Ana Katz (Mi Amiga del Parque). Here are the selections.
Belgica / Belgium, France, Netherlands (Director: Felix van Groeningen, Screenwriters: Felix van Groeningen, Arne Sierens) — In the midst of Belgium’s nightlife scene, two brothers start a bar and get swept up in its success.Cast: Stef Aerts, Tom Vermeir, Charlotte Vandermeersch, Hélène De Vos. World Premiere.
Belgica / Belgium, France, Netherlands (Director: Felix van Groeningen, Screenwriters: Felix van Groeningen, Arne Sierens) — In the midst of Belgium’s nightlife scene, two brothers start a bar and get swept up in its success.Cast: Stef Aerts, Tom Vermeir, Charlotte Vandermeersch, Hélène De Vos. World Premiere.
- 12/2/2015
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
From Well Go USA Entertainment comes Australian filmmaker Ariel Kleiman’s directorial debut Partisan starring Vincent Cassel, Jeremy Chabriel, and Florence Mezzara. The release will be available for purchase on December 8 but We Are Movie Geeks has three copies of the Blu-ray to give away in advance.
On the edge of a crumbling city, 11-year-old Alexander (Jeremy Chabriel) lives in a sequestered commune, alongside other children, their mothers, and charismatic leader, Gregori (Vincent Cassel). Gregori teaches the children how to raise livestock, grow vegetables, work as a community – and how to kill. As Alexander nears his first job as an assassin, he begins to question the ways of the commune, particularly Gregori’s quiet but overpowering influence. Threatened by Alexander’s increasing unwillingness to fall in line, Gregori’s behavior turns erratic and adversarial toward the child he once considered a son. With the two set dangerously at odds and...
On the edge of a crumbling city, 11-year-old Alexander (Jeremy Chabriel) lives in a sequestered commune, alongside other children, their mothers, and charismatic leader, Gregori (Vincent Cassel). Gregori teaches the children how to raise livestock, grow vegetables, work as a community – and how to kill. As Alexander nears his first job as an assassin, he begins to question the ways of the commune, particularly Gregori’s quiet but overpowering influence. Threatened by Alexander’s increasing unwillingness to fall in line, Gregori’s behavior turns erratic and adversarial toward the child he once considered a son. With the two set dangerously at odds and...
- 11/30/2015
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
As 2015 winds down, like most cinephiles, we’re looking to get our hands on the titles that may have slipped under the radar or simply gone unseen. With the proliferation of streaming options, it’s thankfully easier than ever to play catch-up, and to assist with the process, we’re bringing you a rundown of the best titles of the year available to watch.
Curated from the Best Films of 2015 So Far list we published for the first half of the year, it also includes films we’ve enjoyed the past few months and some we’ve recently caught up on. This is far from a be-all, end-all year-end feature (that will come at the end of the year), but rather something that will hopefully be a helpful tool for readers to have a chance to seek out notable, perhaps underseen, titles from the year.
Note that we’re going by U.
Curated from the Best Films of 2015 So Far list we published for the first half of the year, it also includes films we’ve enjoyed the past few months and some we’ve recently caught up on. This is far from a be-all, end-all year-end feature (that will come at the end of the year), but rather something that will hopefully be a helpful tool for readers to have a chance to seek out notable, perhaps underseen, titles from the year.
Note that we’re going by U.
- 10/28/2015
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Exclusive: Metrodome haul includes Toronto doc, Partisan and 2000Ad.
UK distributor Metrodome has finalised deals on a collection of festival titles including Toronto documentary The Hard Stop, comic book documentary Future Shock! The Story of 2000Ad and Ariel Kleiman’s Partisan.
UK documentary The Hard Stop, directed by George Amponsah, charts the story and background of 29-year-old Mark Duggan, who in 2011 was shot and killed whilst being arrested by armed police in Tottenham.
The incident ignited riots that escalated into a week of the worst civil unrest across the country in recent history.
Metrodome will release the Toronto and Lff title, produced by Dionne Walker, next summer, which will be the fifth anniversary of the 2011 riots.
The deal was negotiated between Metrodome MD Jezz Vernon and Cinephil.
From Protagonist, Metrodome has picked up UK rights to Ariel Kleiman’s Sundance thriller Partisan and Berlin thriller One & Two.
Vincent Cassel stars in the former, about an 11 year-old...
UK distributor Metrodome has finalised deals on a collection of festival titles including Toronto documentary The Hard Stop, comic book documentary Future Shock! The Story of 2000Ad and Ariel Kleiman’s Partisan.
UK documentary The Hard Stop, directed by George Amponsah, charts the story and background of 29-year-old Mark Duggan, who in 2011 was shot and killed whilst being arrested by armed police in Tottenham.
The incident ignited riots that escalated into a week of the worst civil unrest across the country in recent history.
Metrodome will release the Toronto and Lff title, produced by Dionne Walker, next summer, which will be the fifth anniversary of the 2011 riots.
The deal was negotiated between Metrodome MD Jezz Vernon and Cinephil.
From Protagonist, Metrodome has picked up UK rights to Ariel Kleiman’s Sundance thriller Partisan and Berlin thriller One & Two.
Vincent Cassel stars in the former, about an 11 year-old...
- 10/16/2015
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
The opening image to that of Ariel Kleiman’s feature film debut Partisan, is a rather powerful, if somewhat unsubtle one. It’s of Vincent Cassel’s Gregori, carrying what appears to be a utility pole over his shoulder. With the wires across the middle sticking out either side, it resembles a cross, and he labours into
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- 10/13/2015
- by Stefan Pape
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Read More: Watch: Vincent Cassel Plays Cult Dad to Adorable Child Assassins in Exclusive 'Partisan' Clip Indiewire's Springboard column profiles up-and-comers in the film industry worthy of your attention When you watch Ariel Kleiman's directorial debut, "Partisan," its confident grip of tension and assertive psychological storytelling announces the emergence of a major cinematic talent. Inspired by an article Kleiman and his girlfriend/co-writer Sarah Cyngler read in The New York Times about child assassins in Colombia, "Partisan" sheds the sociopolitical factors of the subject in favor of a compelling coming-of-age tale about growing up under grave circumstances. Newcomer Alex Balaganskiy stars as Leo, an 11-year-old boy living in an urban cult under the paternal eye of Gregori (Vincent Cassel). Under the guidance of this charismatic leader, Leo has learned how to raise livestock, grow vegetables and work as a member of the community. He's also...
- 10/2/2015
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
With the dark, seriously accomplished Partisan, first-time Aussie feature director Ariel Kleiman and co-screenwriting partner Sarah Cyngler have created an eerie and disturbing but highly effective hybrid that resists pigeonholing. This is a special blend, which not only pushes the envelope but rips it open as well. They sidestepped the usual: the staple of the British boarding-school coming-of-ager; the familiar genre of films about disturbed children housed in government and private institutions; and the regularly reinvented category of urban juvenile gang thrillers. Partisan is a most welcome black sheep. The film is not only about kiddies stuck in a cult; it is […]...
- 10/2/2015
- by Howard Feinstein
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
With the dark, seriously accomplished Partisan, first-time Aussie feature director Ariel Kleiman and co-screenwriting partner Sarah Cyngler have created an eerie and disturbing but highly effective hybrid that resists pigeonholing. This is a special blend, which not only pushes the envelope but rips it open as well. They sidestepped the usual: the staple of the British boarding-school coming-of-ager; the familiar genre of films about disturbed children housed in government and private institutions; and the regularly reinvented category of urban juvenile gang thrillers. Partisan is a most welcome black sheep. The film is not only about kiddies stuck in a cult; it is […]...
- 10/2/2015
- by Howard Feinstein
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Whether it’s Martha Marcy May Marlene or Sound of My Voice or this year’s The Wolfpack, we’ve seen a number of films at Sundance deal with communes and closed communities, but few bring the level of danger found in Partisan. The directorial debut of Ariel Kleiman (Sundance jury winner for the short Deeper Than Yesterday) is a patiently unfolding drama that displays the lengths one will go to provide shelter and community, and what happens if you step out of bounds, I remarked earlier this year.
I had the chance to speak with Kleiman over the phone this week to discuss his directorial debut. We talked about his point-of-view, improvisations, tone, the influx of recent cult movies, casting Vincent Cassel, the production design, and much more. Check out the full conversation below.
The point of the view is mostly with Jeremy Chabriel’s character. Can you talk...
I had the chance to speak with Kleiman over the phone this week to discuss his directorial debut. We talked about his point-of-view, improvisations, tone, the influx of recent cult movies, casting Vincent Cassel, the production design, and much more. Check out the full conversation below.
The point of the view is mostly with Jeremy Chabriel’s character. Can you talk...
- 10/1/2015
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Read More: Watch: Cold-Blooded Killers Come of Age in Visually Stunning 'Partisan' Trailer In an exclusive clip from "Partisan," a gang of adorable children sneak up on their warm-hearted patriarch in bed. Vincent Cassel plays the paternal Gregori, the charismatic leader of a secluded commune who raises his children on a dangerous diet of community and occasional contract killing. Based on previous clips from the film, this affectionate clip is merely the calm before the storm. The thriller is directed by Australian filmmaker Ariel Kleiman, and its acclaimed debut at Sundance earlier this year garnered its cinematographer Germain McMicking the World Cinema Special Jury Award for Cinematography. The official synopsis reads as follows: "On the edge of a crumbling city, 11-year-old Alexander (Jeremy Chabriel) lives in a sequestered commune alongside other children, their mothers, and charismatic leader, Gregori (Vincent Cassel). Gregori teaches the children how to...
- 10/1/2015
- by Tarek Shoukri
- Indiewire
"Jafar Panahi's Taxi" (October 2) The current IMDb synopsis of Jafar Panahi's "Taxi" doesn't reveal much — "A day with a taxi driver in Tehran" — and somewhat charmingly leaves out that it's lauded Iranian director Panahi himself who is behind the wheel of this new documentary. Panahi has been notoriously banned from filmmaking in his native country and leaving said country, but he's continually worked around those constraints to create funny, intimate, stirring and truly bold features. The Golden Bear-winning "Taxi" follows Panahi as he marries his new day job (taxi-driving) with his passion for storytelling in one of his most well-received features yet (ban and all). "Partisan" (October 2) October sees two high profile awards contenders about children coming of age in captivity (see "Room" and "Beasts of No Nation"), and though Ariel Kleiman's "Partisan" is flying under the...
- 10/1/2015
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
This is a reprint of our review from the 2015 Karlovy Vary Film Festival. Like a stone skimming across the surface of a lake of unknowable depth, a beautiful line of inference and connection exists across the enigmatic expanse of Ariel Kleiman's inexplicable yet involving "Partisan." The involuntary flexing of an aching hand cuts back to a man with a bandaged knuckle which then infers (perhaps erroneously) a connection to the bruises that blossom on a woman's face. She is in a maternity ward and suddenly we are at a birthday party and the child is now a boy; the man a paternal figure, if not his father. The boy is surrounded by children of both sexes, but, aside from that man, all the other grownups are women. In such quick, quiet moves we are dropped into the world of "Partisan," a film which expects something of the viewer — indeed...
- 9/30/2015
- by Jessica Kiang
- The Playlist
Pledge Allegiance: Kleiman’s Intriguing Debut a Fascist Allegory
Sure to draw superficial comparisons to other famed pre-teen assassin films like The Professional (1994) or Hanna (2011), Australian helmer Ariel Kleiman’s directorial debut Partisan instead feels like what you’d imagine Yorgos Lanthimos’ version of The Village (2004) would feel like. Headlined by none other than Vincent Cassel and a cast of Euro accents speaking English, Kleiman and screenwriter Sarah Cyngler concoct a film that’s oddly obscure and perfectly menacing, with an unwillingness to explain itself, recalling titles by Lucile Hadzihalilovic, wherein groups of children are possibly being utilized for insidious means by the adult community. An allegory concerning the oppressiveness of Fascism, Kleiman’s film is also a coming-of-age-tale, spiked heavily with cold-blooded murder.
Opening with an ambient score that recalls Vangelis (utilized once more as a book end to the film), we observe Gregori (Vincent Cassel) in the midst...
Sure to draw superficial comparisons to other famed pre-teen assassin films like The Professional (1994) or Hanna (2011), Australian helmer Ariel Kleiman’s directorial debut Partisan instead feels like what you’d imagine Yorgos Lanthimos’ version of The Village (2004) would feel like. Headlined by none other than Vincent Cassel and a cast of Euro accents speaking English, Kleiman and screenwriter Sarah Cyngler concoct a film that’s oddly obscure and perfectly menacing, with an unwillingness to explain itself, recalling titles by Lucile Hadzihalilovic, wherein groups of children are possibly being utilized for insidious means by the adult community. An allegory concerning the oppressiveness of Fascism, Kleiman’s film is also a coming-of-age-tale, spiked heavily with cold-blooded murder.
Opening with an ambient score that recalls Vangelis (utilized once more as a book end to the film), we observe Gregori (Vincent Cassel) in the midst...
- 9/30/2015
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Exclusive: TV projects also on slate for Australian outfit.
Snowtown and Partisan producers Anna McLeish and Sarah Shaw are moving on from Warp Films Australia to launch production outfit Carver Films with a slate that includes Nick Cave adaptation The Death of Bunny Munro.
McLeish co-founded Warp Films Australia six years ago with ’71 and This Is England producers Warp UK, which will discontinue the Warp Films Australia banner but where possible will look to continue to produce with the territory.
McLeish and Shaw produced Kurzel’s acclaimed debut Snowtown, Ariel Kleiman’s Vincent Cassel starrer Partisan, which premiered at Sundance this year, and New Zealand drama Shopping, which played in Sundance and Berlin.
Under their new banner the Melbourne-based duo are set to produce Jed Kurzel’s feature debut Ivan Lendl Never Learnt to Volley, starring Denis Menochet, and the narrative feature adaptation of Nick Cave’s cult Brighton-set 1989 novel The Death of Bunny Munro, which will be...
Snowtown and Partisan producers Anna McLeish and Sarah Shaw are moving on from Warp Films Australia to launch production outfit Carver Films with a slate that includes Nick Cave adaptation The Death of Bunny Munro.
McLeish co-founded Warp Films Australia six years ago with ’71 and This Is England producers Warp UK, which will discontinue the Warp Films Australia banner but where possible will look to continue to produce with the territory.
McLeish and Shaw produced Kurzel’s acclaimed debut Snowtown, Ariel Kleiman’s Vincent Cassel starrer Partisan, which premiered at Sundance this year, and New Zealand drama Shopping, which played in Sundance and Berlin.
Under their new banner the Melbourne-based duo are set to produce Jed Kurzel’s feature debut Ivan Lendl Never Learnt to Volley, starring Denis Menochet, and the narrative feature adaptation of Nick Cave’s cult Brighton-set 1989 novel The Death of Bunny Munro, which will be...
- 9/30/2015
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
One of the most commanding screen presences going, it's not often we see Vincent Cassel in a leading role on this side of the pond. The French actor has a healthy career at home, and when he does get Hollywood gigs, it's usually in supporting parts. So it's all the more reason to head your local arthouse to see "Partisan," because it's a great chance to see Cassel leading an independent production, and an award winning one at that. Directed by Ariel Kleiman, the story is set in a commune run by the magnetic Gregori. He leads the small community and raises the children, teaching them how to care for livestock, grow crops, and oh yeah, how to kill. That's right, Gregori is essentially the head of a small army of child assassins, and things get a bit lively when one eleven year-old, Alexander (Jeremy Chabriel), begins to question the...
- 9/29/2015
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
The Playlist called Partisan “elegant and mysterious” in their Karlovy Vary review of director Ariel Kleiman’s first feature film.
Watch the trailer for the Sundance award-winning thriller Partisan, starring Vincent Cassel.
On the edge of a crumbling city, 11-year-old Alexander (Jeremy Chabriel) lives in a sequestered commune alongside other children, their mothers, and charismatic leader, Gregori (Vincent Cassel). Gregori teaches the children how to raise livestock, grow vegetables, work as a community – and how to kill.
With the birth of a new baby brother weighing on his mind, Alexander begins to question Gregori’s overpowering influence on the children and their training to become assassins. Threatened by his increasing unwillingness to fall in line, Gregori’s behavior turns erratic and adversarial toward the child he once considered a son.
With the two set dangerously at odds and the commune’s way of life disintegrating, the residents fear a violent...
Watch the trailer for the Sundance award-winning thriller Partisan, starring Vincent Cassel.
On the edge of a crumbling city, 11-year-old Alexander (Jeremy Chabriel) lives in a sequestered commune alongside other children, their mothers, and charismatic leader, Gregori (Vincent Cassel). Gregori teaches the children how to raise livestock, grow vegetables, work as a community – and how to kill.
With the birth of a new baby brother weighing on his mind, Alexander begins to question Gregori’s overpowering influence on the children and their training to become assassins. Threatened by his increasing unwillingness to fall in line, Gregori’s behavior turns erratic and adversarial toward the child he once considered a son.
With the two set dangerously at odds and the commune’s way of life disintegrating, the residents fear a violent...
- 9/3/2015
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Read More: Watch: Evocative New Trailer For Sundance Winner 'Partisan' Starring Vincent Cassel "Partisan," Australian director Ariel Kleiman's Sundance Award-winning debut film, has a dark, disturbing and visually stunning new trailer. The thriller takes place in a hidden commune led by the charismatic Gregori, played by "Black Swan" actor Vincent Cassel. Like all the children in his community, Alexander (newcomer Jeremy Chabriel) has been raised to work together for the greater good and to follow Gregori's rules, which happen to include contract killing. The young would-be assassin begins to question his leader's absolute rule and as he steps further and further out of line, Gregori becomes more and more hostile. With the commune's once simple way of life now threatened, a violent clash between youth and the powers that be approaches. "Partisan" will be released by Well Go USA Entertainment in theaters and On Demand on October 4th.
- 9/2/2015
- by Ryan Anielski
- Indiewire
Before going toe-to-toe with Matt Damon in Paul Greengrass’ long-gestating sequel Bourne 5, Vincent Cassel will topline a drama of his own in Partisan, where he stars as a ruthless teacher – but not the kind you may expect.
Entertainment Weekly has the maiden trailer for Ariel Kleiman’s gritty Australian drama, shedding light on Cassel’s protagonist, Gregori. Less of a shining example and more of a cult leader, this is a character who recruits young children to do his evil bidding without batting an eyelid, as he looks to keep a watchful eye on his closed community. Jeremy Chabriel is on board to play one of those 11-year-old children, who is drawn in by Gregori’s promise of freedom and blissful peace.
Coaching him in basic life skills such as cooking and raising livestock – did we mention his training with weapons? – Gregori’s twisted perspective of life and how to...
Entertainment Weekly has the maiden trailer for Ariel Kleiman’s gritty Australian drama, shedding light on Cassel’s protagonist, Gregori. Less of a shining example and more of a cult leader, this is a character who recruits young children to do his evil bidding without batting an eyelid, as he looks to keep a watchful eye on his closed community. Jeremy Chabriel is on board to play one of those 11-year-old children, who is drawn in by Gregori’s promise of freedom and blissful peace.
Coaching him in basic life skills such as cooking and raising livestock – did we mention his training with weapons? – Gregori’s twisted perspective of life and how to...
- 9/2/2015
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
We just heard about Vincent Cassel joining the cast of Bourne 5, and now we’ve got a new trailer for Partisan, the creepy-looking film that features Cassel as a sort of cult leader who acts as head of a closed community and trains young urchins to do his bidding, which is often violent. This is a […]
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- 9/2/2015
- by Russ Fischer
- Slash Film
"Rules are important. And without rules, we will become like them." Well Go USA has debuted the official trailer for Partisan, a thriller out of Sundance this year starring Vincent Cassel in one of the lead roles. I actually heard a lot great things about this during the fest from some of my friends, and you can see why with this trailer. Cassel plays a man who raises kids in some kind of colony where he trains them to survive and to kill. The film follows Jeremy Chabriel as Alexander, a boy who begins to think for himself; it also stars Florence Mezzara. This is a hard one to pitch simply in text without inviting you to see footage, but luckily we can do just that. Take a look below, I think a few folks might be very intrigued by this film. Enjoy. Here's the official Us trailer (+ poster) for Ariel Kleiman's Partisan,...
- 9/1/2015
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Not that you should need any more incentive to see Vincent Cassel in the Sundance World Cinema Dramatic Cinematography award winner "Partisan," but the actor just bagged the juicy villain role in 'Bourne 5.' Before that movie hits, you can see him dominate the screen in "Partisan," and the new trailer has arrived. Read More: Karlovy Vary Review: Elegant, Mysterious, Paranoid 'Partisan' Starring Vincent Cassel Directed by Ariel Kleiman, and co-starring Jeremy Chabriel, the story follows a cult leader who trains children to be killers, and sees it through the eyes of Alexander, one of the young boys who begins to question his upbringing. It's a film that impressed us when we finally caught up with it at Karlovy Vary, with Jessica Kiang writing in her review that "it is slow and it is ambiguous but it is supremely sure of itself, as it moves, with singleminded grace from chilly to all-out chilling.
- 9/1/2015
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
The 59Th BFI London Film Festival Announces Full 2015 Programme
You can peruse the programme at your leisure here.
The programme for the 59th BFI London Film Festival in partnership launched today, with Festival Director Clare Stewart presenting this year’s rich and diverse selection of films and events. BFI London Film Festival is Britain’s leading film event and one of the world’s oldest film festivals. It introduces the finest new British and international films to an expanding London and UK-wide audience. The Festival provides an essential platform for films seeking global success; and promotes the careers of British and international filmmakers through its industry and awards programmes. With this year’s industry programme stronger than ever, offering international filmmakers and leaders a programme of insightful events covering every area of the film industry Lff positions London as the world’s leading creative city.
The Festival will screen a...
You can peruse the programme at your leisure here.
The programme for the 59th BFI London Film Festival in partnership launched today, with Festival Director Clare Stewart presenting this year’s rich and diverse selection of films and events. BFI London Film Festival is Britain’s leading film event and one of the world’s oldest film festivals. It introduces the finest new British and international films to an expanding London and UK-wide audience. The Festival provides an essential platform for films seeking global success; and promotes the careers of British and international filmmakers through its industry and awards programmes. With this year’s industry programme stronger than ever, offering international filmmakers and leaders a programme of insightful events covering every area of the film industry Lff positions London as the world’s leading creative city.
The Festival will screen a...
- 9/1/2015
- by John
- SoundOnSight
The festival circuit is gearing up to start and London has added a handful of other prominent awards players for the year.
Among the new additions to the festival are Danny Boyle’s Steve Jobs, starring Michael Fassbender in the lead role as the famed Apple head, which will be the festival’s closer. They have also announced that the premiere of Suffragette, starring Meryl Streep and Carey Mulligan, will happen at the festival.
Opening & Closing Night
Suffragette, starring Carey Mulligan, Helena Bonham Carter, Anne-Marie Duff, Brendan Gleeson, Ben Whishaw and Meryl Streep. Director Sarah Gavron returns to the Festival for a third time with a film that tells the story of the ordinary British women at the turn of the last century who risked everything in the fight for equality and the right to vote. Steve Jobs, directed by Danny Boyle whose films Slumdog Millionaire (2008) and 127 Hours (2010) previously closed the Festival.
Among the new additions to the festival are Danny Boyle’s Steve Jobs, starring Michael Fassbender in the lead role as the famed Apple head, which will be the festival’s closer. They have also announced that the premiere of Suffragette, starring Meryl Streep and Carey Mulligan, will happen at the festival.
Opening & Closing Night
Suffragette, starring Carey Mulligan, Helena Bonham Carter, Anne-Marie Duff, Brendan Gleeson, Ben Whishaw and Meryl Streep. Director Sarah Gavron returns to the Festival for a third time with a film that tells the story of the ordinary British women at the turn of the last century who risked everything in the fight for equality and the right to vote. Steve Jobs, directed by Danny Boyle whose films Slumdog Millionaire (2008) and 127 Hours (2010) previously closed the Festival.
- 9/1/2015
- by Zach Dennis
- SoundOnSight
Title: Partisan Director: Ariel Kleiman Starring: Vincent Cassel, Niger Barber, Jeremy Chabriel, Florence Mezzara. A Partisan usually evokes the heroes of World War II opposing the Nazis, although the exact definition of the word would be “A fervent, sometimes militant supporter or proponent of a party, cause, faction, person, or idea.” This is exactly what Australian director, Ariel Kleiman, portrays in his debut feature film. The director who gained great attention and praise in Cannes, with his short film ‘Deeper Than Yesterday’, chooses to tell the story of a community – accessible through padlocked hidden entrances and concrete passageways – founded by a Messianic figure, Grigori, who believes he can [ Read More ]
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- 8/24/2015
- by Chiara Spagnoli Gabardi
- ShockYa
Like a stone skimming across the surface of a lake of unknowable depth, a beautiful line of inference and connection exists across the enigmatic expanse of Ariel Kleiman's inexplicable yet involving "Partisan." The involuntary flexing of an aching hand cuts back to a man with a bandaged knuckle which then infers (perhaps erroneously) a connection to the bruises that blossom on a woman's face. She is in a maternity ward and suddenly we are at a birthday party and the child is now a boy; the man a paternal figure, if not his father. The boy is surrounded by children of both sexes, but, aside from that man, all the other grownups are women. In such quick, quiet moves we are dropped into the world of "Partisan," a film which expects something of the viewer--indeed it is unusual to encounter a story, let alone a feature debut, that withholds...
- 7/7/2015
- by Jessica Kiang
- The Playlist
The combination of George Clooney, a dual Oscar-winning director and an astronomical budget hasn.t paid off for Tomorrowland, least of all in Australia where Disney.s mystery-adventure was shaken by San Andreas last weekend.
In other B.O. news, global receipts for Mad Max: Fury Road climbed to $US281 million after its third weekend, including an estimated $116 million in the Us and $165 million in the rest of the world.
Ariel Kleiman.s debut feature Partisan had a quiet opening in Oz on 14 screens, despite an extensive social media campaign orchestrated by Madman Entertainment.
Directed by Brad Peyton (Journey 2: The Mysterious Island), disaster pic San Andreas seized the top spot in Australia, grabbing $3.2 million. Pro-rata, that was well below the weekend Us opening of $US54.6 million, perhaps because Dwayne Johnson is a bigger drawcard at home than here.
Johnson plays a search and rescue helicopter pilot who is joined...
In other B.O. news, global receipts for Mad Max: Fury Road climbed to $US281 million after its third weekend, including an estimated $116 million in the Us and $165 million in the rest of the world.
Ariel Kleiman.s debut feature Partisan had a quiet opening in Oz on 14 screens, despite an extensive social media campaign orchestrated by Madman Entertainment.
Directed by Brad Peyton (Journey 2: The Mysterious Island), disaster pic San Andreas seized the top spot in Australia, grabbing $3.2 million. Pro-rata, that was well below the weekend Us opening of $US54.6 million, perhaps because Dwayne Johnson is a bigger drawcard at home than here.
Johnson plays a search and rescue helicopter pilot who is joined...
- 6/1/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
The French actor on his latest film Partisan, shot in regional Victoria, why he hated being a boarding school boy and the possibility of a La Haine sequel
Vincent Cassel is being charming. Thousands of kilometres away, on a dial-in merry-go-round of media interviews, he takes the time to enquire about the current hour in Australia (it’s not that late). Whether it’s the actor’s inherent manners or his Gallic genes, it’s a rarity on the invariably rushed celebrity interview circuit.
Yet for all his charm, Cassel is best known for playing the considerably-less-than charming, like his character in his latest film Partisan. Gregori lures abandoned women and their young children into his compound to become part of his cult-like “family”. He feeds them, protects them, sleeps with them and trains their children to become assassins.
Continue reading...
Vincent Cassel is being charming. Thousands of kilometres away, on a dial-in merry-go-round of media interviews, he takes the time to enquire about the current hour in Australia (it’s not that late). Whether it’s the actor’s inherent manners or his Gallic genes, it’s a rarity on the invariably rushed celebrity interview circuit.
Yet for all his charm, Cassel is best known for playing the considerably-less-than charming, like his character in his latest film Partisan. Gregori lures abandoned women and their young children into his compound to become part of his cult-like “family”. He feeds them, protects them, sleeps with them and trains their children to become assassins.
Continue reading...
- 5/26/2015
- by Alexandra Spring
- The Guardian - Film News
In 2010, Ariel Kleiman came across an article in the New York Times about child assassin trades in Colombia.
The piece affected him greatly and he continued to think about it for months; until he realised his gut reaction was to take the bones of this story and make it into a feature film.
Immediately, the writer/director set about penning the script with partner Sarah Cyngler.
Two years later, he had Partisan.
Partisan follows the plight of 11-year-old Alexander (Jeremy Chabriel) a trained child assassin raised in a cultish retreat consisting of mothers, their children and Gregori (Vincent Cassell); their patriarch.
The film is set in a place Kleiman often refers to as Nowhere Land (actually shot in Melbourne and Georgia). While the initial inspiration for the project may have come from events in Colombia; a Colombian film this is not.
.In terms of the setting of the film, I...
The piece affected him greatly and he continued to think about it for months; until he realised his gut reaction was to take the bones of this story and make it into a feature film.
Immediately, the writer/director set about penning the script with partner Sarah Cyngler.
Two years later, he had Partisan.
Partisan follows the plight of 11-year-old Alexander (Jeremy Chabriel) a trained child assassin raised in a cultish retreat consisting of mothers, their children and Gregori (Vincent Cassell); their patriarch.
The film is set in a place Kleiman often refers to as Nowhere Land (actually shot in Melbourne and Georgia). While the initial inspiration for the project may have come from events in Colombia; a Colombian film this is not.
.In terms of the setting of the film, I...
- 5/21/2015
- by Emily Blatchford
- IF.com.au
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