PREVIEW: Undergods (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Johann Myers (The Medallion), Géza Röhrig (Son of Saul), Michael Gould (Darkest Hour), Hayley Carmichael (Tale of Tales), Ned Dennehy (Mandy), Khalid Abdalla (The Kite Runner), Eric Godon (In Bruges), Tanya Reynolds (Fanny Lye Deliver’d), Tadhg Murphy (Boy Eats Girl), Jan Bijvoet (The Broken Circle Breakdown), Kate Dickie (The Witch), Sam Louwyck (Cargo), Adrian Rawlins (Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself), Slavko Labovic (Pusher), Jonathan Case (film debut), Maddison Whelan (film debut), Burn Gorman (Pacific Rim), Simon Manyonda (In Fabric), Lorraine Hilton (Hot Fuzz), Tim Plester (Bohemian Rhapsody), Douglas Russell (Valhalla Rising), Djordje Viktor Vlajic (Taxi Blues)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Chino Moya (film debut), director, writer; Sophie Venner (Buried Land), producer; Wojciech Golczewski (We Are Still Here), composer; David Raedeker (My Brother the Devil), cinematographer; Walter Fasano (Call Me By Your Name), Tommaso Gallone (Game Therapy) and Maya Maffioli (Rocks), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

A collection of darkly humorous, fantastical tales about ill-fated characters and their doomed fortunes, all throughout an otherworldly depiction of post-modern Europe…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

An ensemble European cast unites for a series of unfortunate events, all from the mind of director and writer Chino Moya who brings a pitch-black sense of humour to a somewhat dystopian landscape.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

MONDAY 17TH MAY 2021

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

IN CINEMAS NATIONWIDE, AND AVAILABLE TO RENT/BUY ON DIGITAL PLATFORMS, INCLUDING AMAZON PRIME VIDEO

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