KNIGHT OF CUPS (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Christian Bale (American Hustle), Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine), Natalie Portman (Black Swan), Brian Dennehy (Romeo + Juliet), Antonio Banderas (The Mask of Zorro), Wes Bentley (American Beauty), Isabel Lucas (The Water Diviner), Teresa Palmer (Triple 9), Armin Mueller-Stahl (Eastern Promises), Freida Pinto (Slumdog Millionaire), Cherry Jones (Signs), Nick Offerman (21 Jump Street), Thomas Lennon (Memento), Ben Kingsley (Gandhi)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Terrence Malick (The Tree of Life), director, writer; Nicolas Gonda (To The Wonder), Sarah Green (The New World) and Ken Kao (Rampart), producers; Hanan Townshend (The Holy Roller), composer; Emmanuel Lubezki (The Revenant), cinematographer; A.J. Edwards (To The Wonder), Keith Fraase (To The Wonder), Geoffrey Richman (Sicko) and Mark Yoshikawa (The Tree of Life), editors

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

A disillusioned screenwriter (Bale) indulges himself in the Hollywood lifestyle on a soul-searching quest that also sees him interacting with several women to determine his standing on love…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

That ever-elusive auteur Terrence Malick is back with yet another mind-boggling experimental piece that will have you in awe at the spectacular visuals and scratching your head as to what it all exactly means.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 6TH MAY 2016

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