POPULAR PULA
KINDS OF KINDNESS
DIRECTOR: Yorgos Lanthimos
COUNTRY: USA, UK
YEAR/DURATION: 2024. • 164′
comedy, drama
Info
- SCREENPLAY: Yorgos Lanthimos
- CINEMATOGRAPHY: Robbie Ryan, BSC, ISC
- EDITOR: Yorgos Mavropsaridis, ACE, BFE
- SCORE: Jerskin Fendrix
- CAST: Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, Willem Dafoe, Margaret Qualley, Hong Chau, Joe Alwyn, Mamoudou Athie, Hunter Schafer
- PRODUCERS: Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe, Yorgos Lanthimos, Kasia Malipan
- PRODUCTION COMPANIES: Element Pictures, Film4, TSG Entertainment
- DISTRIBUTION: Blitz film i video distribucija
Synopsis
A man seeks to break free from his predetermined path, a cop questions his wife’s demeanour after her return from a supposed drowning and a woman’s quest to locate an extraordinary individual prophesied to become a renowned spiritual guide.
Festivals and awards
Cannes Film Festival 2024 – Nomination for Palme d’Or and Best Actor Award (Jesse Plemons)
Trailer
About the director
Yorgos Lanthimos
(Athens, 1973) is a Greek filmmaker. Kinetta, his first feature film, played at Toronto and Berlin film festivals to critical acclaim. His second feature Dogtooth, won the Un Certain Regard Prize at the 2009 Cannes film festival, followed by numerous awards at festivals worldwide. It was nominated for a Best Foreign Language Film Academy Award in 2011. Alps won the Osella for Best Screenplay at the 2011 Venice film festival and Best Film at the Sydney film festival in 2012. His first English language feature film The Lobster was presented In Competition at the 68th Cannes Film Festival and won the Jury Prize. It also won Best Screenplay and Best Costume Design at the 2015 European Film Awards. The Killing of a Sacred Deer, his fifth feature film, premiered in Competition at the 70th Cannes Film Festival and won the Best Screenplay award. The Favourite, with Olivia Colman, Emma Stone and Rachel Weisz, premiered in 2018 at the 75th Venice film Festival, where it won the Grand Jury Prize – Silver Lion and Olivia Colman won the Copa Volpi – Best Actress Award. The film received a record of ten BIFA awards and was nominated for twelve BAFTAS, winning seven of them. It was also nominated for ten Academy Awards (Oscars). Poor Things won the Golden Lion at the 2023 Venice film festival, the Golden Globes for Best Film (musical or comedy) and Best Actress for Emma Stone, who also went on to win best actress at the Critics’ Choice Awards, the BAFTAs and the Academy Awards (Oscars). Kinds of Kindness, his 8th feature film, was premiered In Competition at the 77th Cannes Film Festival in 2024.
Screening
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- ARENA – SUNDAY 14.7.2024.
23:45
- ARENA – SUNDAY 14.7.2024.
