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Arclight Films is proud to announce we will have the pleasure of attending Venice Film Festival this year.
Arclight Films is pleased to announce that our following titles have been selected for the 63rd Venice Film Festival: BOBBY (World Premiere), the stellar ensemble film directed by Emilio Estevez and starring Anthony Hopkins, Sharon Stone, Elijah Wood, Demi Moore, Lindsay Lohan, William H. Macy, Helen Hunt, Heather Graham and more; and INFAMOUS (World Premiere) from the producer of FAR FROM HEAVEN and the director of EMMA and NICHOLAS NICKLEBY, starring Toby Jones, Sandra Bullock, Gwyneth Paltrow, Sigourney Weaver and Daniel Craig.
In addition, we will be presenting our important new acquisition, HOLLY, at the market. HOLLY is the powerful new film by Guy Moshe which tells the heartbreaking story of child prostitution in the infamous "K11" red light village of Cambodia, and stars Ron Livingston, Virginie Ledoyen, Udo Kier, Chris Penn and Thuy Nguyen.
We will be in attendance and would love to meet with you during the festival, so if you would like to schedule a meeting with either Gary Hamilton or Ying Ye to discuss our titles, please contact Mark Padilla at mark@arclightfilms.com. |
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BOBBY (Drama / World Premiere "In Competition")
- Mon, 4th September, PALALIDO, 13:00 (Press, Industry & Prof)
- Mon, 4th September, SALA PERLA, 21:45 (Press)
- Tue, 5th September, SALA GRANDE, 21:45 (Public)
- Wed, 6th September, PALALIDO, 24:00 (Accredited)
BOBBY is a fictionalised account of various people whose lives intersect in the hours leading up to and including the assassination of Senator Robert. F. Kennedy at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles.
The film is a journey of the heart that examines the relationships between men and women, between races and the social divisions that have clipped away the foundation of our humanity. We are given a glimpse into how life can be drastically changed in a moment in time, an indelible event in our nation's history. The characters are ordinary Americans who find themselves at the epicentre of one of the most important incidents of the 20th Century.
BOBBY is not a political story, though politics are certainly an undercurrent. It is not the story of Bobby Kennedy (seen solely in newsreel footage). Rather, it is the story of all of us.
BOBBY is seen through the eyes of twenty-two characters. The hope, excitement and notion that a change is in the air, which Kennedy ignited in us all, black and white, rich and poor, young and old was extinguished that evening in June. From young men in their late teens to early twenties, facing the possibility of shipping off to Vietnam, to the retired doorman of the Ambassador, who has greeted the likes of every U.S. President from FDR to Johnson. From the hotel staff to the guests whom occupy the suites, to the "Youth of Kennedy Volunteers", all ages and genders are represented in screenplay.
Director: Emilio Estevez
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Sharon Stone, Elijah Wood, Demi Moore, William H. Macy, Lindsay Lohan, Emilio Estevez, Christian Slater, Martin Sheen, Helen Hunt, Heather Graham, Ashton Kutcher, Laurence Fishburne (Credits may not be contractual)
 Learn more about BOBBY at ArclightFilms.com |
INFAMOUS (Drama / World Premiere "Horizons")
- Wed, 30th August, PALALIDO, 18.30 (Press, Industry, Prof)
- Wed, 30th August, SALA PERLA, 23.30 (Press)
- Thu, 31st August, SALA GRANDE, 17.00 (Public)
- Thu, 31st August, PALABIENNALE, 18.00 (Public, Accredited)
- Fri, 1st September, SALA ZORZI, 11.00 (Market)
When celebrated wit and dandy Truman Capote journeys to Kansas to research a brutal multiple murder, his intelligence and cunning are put to the test when he comes face to face with cold blooded killer Perry Smith.
Even with his formidable guile, Capote finds himself faced with an impenetrable mystery in Perry. To plumb Perry's enigmatic soul, the artful Capote must bare his own and in exposing the hidden recesses of their damaged pasts, two men from worlds apart share something even the famously glib bon vivant will never recover from. Chronicling the sensational story
behind the creation of Capote's iconoclastic opus "In Cold Blood" and his scandalous affair with its doomed subject.
INFAMOUS follows the acclaimed writer's journey into the underbelly of heartland America on his quest for truth and the devastating price he pays to find it. Acclaimed Director Douglas McGrath and virtuoso Producer Christine Vachon have assembled a stunning ensemble cast, Sandra Bullock bringing an emotional complexity to her portrayal of novelist Harper Lee, while Gwyneth Paltrow, Sigourney Weaver and the luminous Isabelle Rossellini have never been in better form. The film also features career best performances from Toby Jones, who electrifies as the iconic Truman and newly crowned James Bond – Daniel Craig, as killer Perry Smith.
Review by David Thomson of The Independent:
"The best new film I've seen this year is about the writer Truman Capote... English actor, Toby Jones, is Capote without the least hint of impersonation. He looks and sounds not only more like the real Truman Capote, he is the man... believe me, this is a better performance than Philip Seymour Hoffman's..."
"Perry Smith is played by Daniel Craig... He is - as I'm sure you know - the new James Bond... And in a year's time, I suspect, it will be taken for granted that he is one of the best screen actors anywhere - and a great part of that will be because of Infamous..."
Director: Douglas McGrath
Cast: Toby Jones, Sandra Bullock, Gwyneth Paltrow, Sigourney Weaver, Daniel Craig, Jeff Daniels, Isabella Rossellini, Hope Davis (Credits may not be contractual)
Learn more about INFAMOUS at ArclightFilms.com |
HOLLY (Drama / Industry screening)
- Sun, 3rd September, SALA ZORZI, 15.00 (Industry)
HOLLY is an insightful and jarring story of child prostitution told through the complex relationship between Holly (Thuy Nguyen), a 12-year-old Vietnamese girl, and Patrick (Ron Livingston), an American dealer of stolen artifacts.
Holly has been sold by her poor family and smuggled across the border to Cambodia to work as a prostitute in the infamous "K11" red light village. While Holly waits to be sold at a premium for her virginity, she meets Patrick who is losing money and friends through gambling and bar fights.
Their initial strong connection is disrupted when Holly is sold to a child trafficker and disappears. Patrick's pursuit to find Holly again, and her unrelenting efforts to escape her fate, carry us through the beautiful and harsh Cambodia.
Director: Guy Moshe
Cast: Ron Livingston, Virginie Ledoyen, Udo Kier, Chris Penn, Thuy Nguyen (Credits may not be contractual)
Learn more about HOLLY at ArclightFilms.com |
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