DREAMLAND (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Finn Cole (Slaughterhouse Rulez), Margot Robbie (Bombshell), Travis Fimmel (Maggie’s Plan), Garrett Hedlund (Mudbound), Kerry Condon (Bad Samaritan), Darby Camp (The Christmas Chronicles), Hans Christopher (film debut), Lola Kirke (Gone Girl)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Miles Joris-Peyrafitte (As You Are), director; Nicolaas Zwart (film debut), writer; Tom Ackerley (I, Tonya), Rian Cahill (In the Shadow of the Moon), Brad Feinstein (The Banker), Brian Kavanaugh-Jones (Upgrade), Josey McNamara (Terminal) and Margot Robbie (Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)), producers; Patrick Higgins (Gabriel), composer; Lyle Vincent (A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night), cinematographer; Abbi Jutkowitz (Saturday Church) and Brett M. Reed (Clouds), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

During the Great Depression, young dreamer Eugene Evans (Cole), who dreams of one day leaving his dead-end town, discovers fugitive bank robber Allison Wells (Robbie) hiding out nearby. Torn between claiming the bounty for her capture and Allison’s alluring charisma, Eugene soon makes a decision that forever alters the lives of everyone around him…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Star and producer Margot Robbie brings another lively femme fatale to life, this time in the form of a Depression-era bank robber whose charm may ultimately spell doom for anyone willing to take the bait.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 11TH DECEMBER 2020 (IN CINEMAS)

 

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