Clouds of Sils Maria
Director: Olivier Assayas
Writer: Olivier Assayas
Producers: Karl Baumgartner, Charles Gillibert, Thanassis Karathanos, Jean-Louis Porchet, Gérard Ruey
U.S. Distributor: IFC Films
Cast: Juliette Binoche, Kristen Stewart, Chloë Grace Moretz, Johnny Flynn, Lars Eidinger, Hanns Zischler, Brady Corbet
We’re among the clan that think that 2008′s Summer Hours turned out to be a seminal film for Olivier Assayas and it’s a reteaming with the illustrious Juliette Binoche, who in this second time out, basically challenged her fellow Parisian to write, and then direct, a female character study that truthfully might be her most chiseled part in ages. An estrogen-filled, possibly Bergmanesque project on paper, we get the hunch that this not only deals with ageism and a certain level-minded jealousy of youth, but it’s a punk rock interpretation of an actresses’ shelf-life.
Gist: At the peak of her international career, Maria Enders (Juliette Binoche...
Director: Olivier Assayas
Writer: Olivier Assayas
Producers: Karl Baumgartner, Charles Gillibert, Thanassis Karathanos, Jean-Louis Porchet, Gérard Ruey
U.S. Distributor: IFC Films
Cast: Juliette Binoche, Kristen Stewart, Chloë Grace Moretz, Johnny Flynn, Lars Eidinger, Hanns Zischler, Brady Corbet
We’re among the clan that think that 2008′s Summer Hours turned out to be a seminal film for Olivier Assayas and it’s a reteaming with the illustrious Juliette Binoche, who in this second time out, basically challenged her fellow Parisian to write, and then direct, a female character study that truthfully might be her most chiseled part in ages. An estrogen-filled, possibly Bergmanesque project on paper, we get the hunch that this not only deals with ageism and a certain level-minded jealousy of youth, but it’s a punk rock interpretation of an actresses’ shelf-life.
Gist: At the peak of her international career, Maria Enders (Juliette Binoche...
- 3/7/2014
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Originally titled simply Sils Maria, Olivier Assayas’ upcoming drama recently underwent a slight title change to Clouds of Sils Maria, and now the first promo poster has been released, along with the first official synopsis.
Juliette Binoche, Kristen Stewart, and Chloë Grace Moretz make for an impressive leading trio, and the synopsis below teases some interesting dynamics between them.
At the peak of her international career, Maria Enders (Juliette Binoche) is asked to perform in a revival of the play that made her famous twenty years ago. But back then she played the role of Sigrid, an alluring young girl who disarms and eventually drives her boss Helena to suicide. Now she is being asked to step into the other role, that of the older Helena.
She departs with her assistant (Kristen Stewart) to rehearse in Sils Maria; a remote region of the Alps. A young Hollywood starlet with a...
Juliette Binoche, Kristen Stewart, and Chloë Grace Moretz make for an impressive leading trio, and the synopsis below teases some interesting dynamics between them.
At the peak of her international career, Maria Enders (Juliette Binoche) is asked to perform in a revival of the play that made her famous twenty years ago. But back then she played the role of Sigrid, an alluring young girl who disarms and eventually drives her boss Helena to suicide. Now she is being asked to step into the other role, that of the older Helena.
She departs with her assistant (Kristen Stewart) to rehearse in Sils Maria; a remote region of the Alps. A young Hollywood starlet with a...
- 2/10/2014
- by Kenji Lloyd
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
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