LOST RIVER (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Christina Hendricks (Mad Men), Iain De Caestecker (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D), Saoirse Ronan (The Grand Budapest Hotel), Matt Smith (Doctor Who), Eva Mendes (Hitch), Ben Mendelsohn (Starred Up), Rob Zabrecky (Desperate Acts of Magic)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Ryan Gosling (film debut), director, writer, producer; David Lancaster (Whiplash), Michel Litvak (Drive), Marc Platt (Scott Pilgrim vs The World), Adam Siegel (2 Guns) and Jeffrey Stott (A Few Good Men), producers; Johnny Jewel (Bronson), composer; Benoît Debie (Spring Breakers), cinematographer; Nico Leunen (The Broken Circle Breakdown) and Valdís Óskarsdóttir (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind), editors

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

In the abandoned community of Lost River, single mother Billy (Hendricks) is led into a dark and macabre underworld in her journey to save her childhood home and keep grasp of her family. Meanwhile, her teenage son Bones (Caestecker) discovers a mystery behind the town’s origins which leads him on a quest of his own…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Hollywood pin-up Ryan Gosling’s directorial debut is a dark and sinister fairy tale that exceeds the limits of family, friends and the love we have for them all.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 10TH APRIL 2015

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