WHO’S IN IT?
Robin Wright (House of Cards), Paul Giamatti (Sideways), Jon Hamm (Mad Men), Harvey Keitel (Reservoir Dogs), Danny Huston (The Aviator), Kodi Smit-McPhee (Let Me In), Sami Gayle (Stolen)
WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?
Ari Folman (Waltz With Bashir), director, writer, producer; Reinhard Brundig (Only Lovers Left Alive), Sébastien Delloye (Irina Palm), Piotr Dzieciol (Ida), David Grumbach (Sleepless Night), Eitan Mansuri (The Cutoff Man), Ewa Puszczynska (Aglaya) and Robin Wright (Forrest Gump), producers; Max Richter (Perfect Sense), composer; Michal Englert (Elles), cinematographer; Nili Feller (Before the Revolution), editor
WHAT’S IT ABOUT?
Robin (Wright) is a Hollywood actress with a difficult reputation, so much so that her offers of film roles have dried up. She is soon approached by a film studio with an interesting proposition: she will have her body digitally scanned so that filmmakers can use her likeness for whatever project they want, in exchange for a hefty amount of money and the promise that she will never act again – a decision she may end up regretting many years later…
IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?
After dazzling audiences with his innovative animated documentary Waltz With Bashir, filmmaker Ari Folman returns with an original and intriguing narrative piece that satirises both the Hollywood system and the vain desires for eternal youth.
