As we previously announced,
Damián Szifron
, the director of
Wild Tales
, returned to directing, with a film shot entirely in the United States and produced in Hollywood.
The novelty is that
Misanthrope
, as the film is titled, already has a release date.
It will be on Thursday, May 4 in Argentina and Latin America
, and will be distributed by Diamond Films.
Creator of the mythical series
Los simuladores
-whose film, with the same characters from the series that Telefe broadcast at the time and is available on Netflix, is in the pre-production stage-, winner of the BAFTA for Best International Film for Wild Tales
,
which is the highest-grossing Argentine film in history, Szifron is co-author of the script, along with the British Jonathan Wakeham (
Midas Man
, film in pre-production, to be released, with Emily Watson, from
Against the Wind and Tide
).
Damián Szifron premieres a film almost nine years after "Wild Tales".
Photos Diamond Films
Shailene Woodley (the star of
Big Little Lies
,
The Fault in Our Stars
,
Divergent
and
The Descendants
, where we saw her as George Clooney's daughter) stars in this thriller, which in the United States is titled To
Catch a
Killer
.
to a murderer
) opposite Ben Mendelsohn (
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
, Ready
Player One
,
Robin Hood
and the Netflix series
Bloodline
).
The plot
Baltimore, New Year's Eve.
A ferocious attack produced by a lone man leaves a balance of 29 dead and no clues.
Eleanor Falco (Shailene Woodley), a withdrawn but talented low-ranking policewoman, is recruited by FBI Special Agent Geoffrey Lammark (Ben Mendelsohn) to join the team in charge of identifying and apprehending the murderer.
Shailene Woodley is the low-ranking police officer who is in charge of investigating and capturing the murderer.
Misanthrope is a word that derives from the Greek, mīsos (hate) and ānthropos (man).
It is someone who feels rejection or distrust for the human species.
In extreme cases, misanthropy has led to mass murder.
Surrounded by Oscar nominees and winners
The film is produced by Aaron Ryder (
Memento
,
Arrival
), Stuart Manashil (
Fragments of a Woman
, the imminent
Sympathy for the Devil
, with Nicolas Cage), the protagonist Shailene Woodley and Damián Szifron himself, with photography directed by Javier Juliá, with whom Szifron has already worked on
Wild Tales
and also illuminated
Argentina, 1985
, by Santiago Mitre.
Argentines in Hollywood.
Javier Juliá, director of photography for "Wild Tales" and "Argentina, 1985", together with Szifron, on set.
The original soundtrack bears the signature of the legendary and now an Oscar nominee for the soundtrack of
The Spirits of the Island
, the New Yorker Carter Burwell - who was already nominated for an Academy Award in Hollywood for the music of Carol and 3 commercials for a crime-, frequent composer of the Coen brothers' films, such as
Barton Fink
,
Fargo
,
The Big Lebowski
and the Oscar winner for best picture
No place for weaklings
.
Ben Mendelsohn ("Rogue One: A Star Wars Story," "Ready Player One") is the FBI agent.
Production design by Jason Kisvarday, nominated this year for
Everything Everywhere at the Same Time
, costume design by Aieisha Li (
The Banker
, with Anthony Mackie;
Tully
, with Charlize Theron) and sound direction. Sylvain Bellemare, another Oscar winner, for the sound of
Arrival
.
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