SEBERG (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Kristen Stewart (Personal Shopper), Jack O’Connell (Unbroken), Anthony Mackie (The Hurt Locker), Margaret Qualley (Once Upon A Time In Hollywood), Colm Meaney (Con Air), Zazie Beetz (Joker), Vince Vaughn (Fighting With My Family), Yvan Attal (Rapt), Stephen Root (Get Out), Cornelius Smith Jr. (Anatomy of Deception), Jade Pettyjohn (Dakota’s Summer), Ser’Darius Blain (Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle), James Jordan (Wind River)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Benedict Andrews (Una), director; Joe Shrapnel (Race) and Anna Waterhouse (The Aftermath), writers; Marina Acton (film debut), Fred Berger (La La Land), Kate Garwood (Race), Stephen Hopkins (Under Suspicion), Brian Kavanaugh-Jones (Upgrade), Bradley Pilz (6 Below) and Alan Ritchson (Blue Mountain State: The Rise of Thadland), producers; Jed Kurzel (The Nightingale), composer; Rachel Morrison (Black Panther), cinematographer; Pamela Martin (Little Miss Sunshine), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

In the late 1960s, Jean Seberg (Stewart) is an icon of the French New Wave who becomes politically and romantically involved with civil rights activist Hakim Jamal (Mackie), which causes her to be targeted by the FBI…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Kristen Stewart turns in a mesmerising performance as French New Wave starlet Jean Seberg, in a film which puts a heavy focus on the actress’s outspoken politics and activism.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 10TH JANUARY 2020

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