Festivals - FCAD 2018 – Take a look on the Premieres

Par Mulder, 23 août 2018

Arctic
director : Joe Penna
Written by : Joe Penna / Ryan Morrison
Production : Armory Films, Union Entertainment Group, Pegasus Pictures
Distribution FR / US : Les Bookmakers – The Jokers / Falcon films
Running time : 97mns
cast : Mads Mikkelsen (Overgård), Maria Thelma Smáradóttir (la jeune femme/Young Woman), Tintrinai Thikhasuk (le pilote d’hélicoptère/Helicopter Pilot)
Synopsis: (vo) : A man stranded in the Arctic, where temperatures may go down to 70 below Celsius, is finally about to receive his long-awaited rescue. However, after a tragic accident, his opportunity is lost. He must then decide whether to remain in the relative safety of his camp or to embark on a deadly trek through the unknown for potential salvation...

Galveston

director : Mélanie Laurent
Written by : Nic Pizzolatto
Production : Jean Doumanian Productions, Low Spark Films
Distribution FR / US : Les Bookmakers – The jokers / RLJE Films
Running time : 94mns
cast : Ben Foster (Roy), Elle Fanning (Rocky), Beau Bridges (Stan), Adepero Oduye (Lorraine), Robert Aramayo (Tray), Maria Valverde (Carmen), CK McFarland (Nancy)
Synopsis: (vo) : 1988. Times are hard for Roy, a New Orleans ex-con who works as an enforcer. A disease is consuming him. After surviving a setup by his criminal boss, Roy rescues Rocky, a young prostitute, and flees with her to Galveston, where the two find strength in each other as dangerous pursuers and the shadows of their pasts follow close behind…

Here and Now
director : Fabien Constant
Written by : Laura Eason
Production : AMBI Group, Big Indie Pictures, Pretty Match Productions
Distribution FR / US : Universal Pictures / Paramount Pictures
Running time : 91mns
cast : Sarah Jessica Parker (Vivienne), Simon Baker (Nick), Common (Ben), Taylor Kinney (Jordan), Waleed Zuaiter (Sami), Jacqueline Bisset (Jeanne), Renée Zellweger (Tessa)
Synopsis: (vo) : Vivienne, a singer in New York City, lives her life for herself and for her art. After she receives news that shatters her world and jolts her to her core, we follow Vivienne over a compressed 24-hour window as we see her prepare for an upcoming world tour, navigate her relationships and familial obligations, and reflect on her life's successes and failures, all the while trying to find a private moment to share with others the news she has received from the doctor...

Hot summer nights
director : Elijah Bynum
Written by : Elijah Bynum
Production : Imperative Entertainment
Distribution US : A24
Running time : 107mns
cast : Timothée Chalamet (Daniel), Maika Monroe (McKayla), Alex Roe (Hunter), William Fichtner (Shep), Emory Cohen (Dex), Thomas Jane (le sergent/Sergeant Calhoun)
Synopsis: (vo) : Daniel, an awkward teenager gets in over his head dealing drugs while falling for his business partner's enigmatic sister during one scorching summer.

Le secret des Kennedy (Chappaquiddick)
director : John Curran
Written by : Taylor Allen, Andrew Logan
Production : Apex Entertainment
Distribution US :
Running time : 101mns
cast : Jason Clarke (Ted Kennedy), Kate Mara (Mary Jo Kopechne), Ed Helms (Joseph Gargan), Bruce Dern (Joseph Kennedy), Jim Gaffigan (Paul Markham), Olivia Thirlby (Rachel), Clancy Brown (Robert McNamara)
Synopsis: (vo) : On July 18, 1969, young Mary Jo Kopechne, the campaign worker of Senator Ted Kennedy, died by drowning as Ted Kennedy drove his car off the infamous Dike Bridge, on Chappaquiddick Island in Massachusetts. Not only did this event take the life of an aspiring political strategist and Kennedy insider, but it ultimately changed the course of presidential history forever. It exposed the broad reach of political power, the influence of America’s most celebrated family; and the vulnerability of Ted Kennedy, the youngest son, in the shadow of his family legacy.

The sisters Brothers (Les frères sisters)
director : Jacques Audiard
Written by : Jacques Audiard
Production : Why Not Productions, Annapurna Pictures, Page 114 Productions
Distribution FR / US : UGC Distribution / Annapurna Pictures
Running time : 121mns
cast : John C. Reilly (Eli Sisters), Joaquin Phoenix (Charlie Sisters), Jake Gyllenhaal (John Morris), Riz Ahmed (Hermann Kermit Warm), Rebecca Root (Mayfield), Allison Tolman (la fille du saloon/Saloon’s girl), Rutger Hauer (le/the Commodore), Carole Kane (Mme Sisters/Ms Sisters)
, un parcours initiatique qui va éprouver ce lien fou qui les unit. Un chemin vers leur humanité ?
Synopsis: (vo) : Charlie and Eli Sisters live in a wild and hostile world. They have blood on their hands: the blood of criminals and innocent people alike... They have no scruples about killing. It’s their job. Charlie, the younger brother, was born to kill. Eli, however, dreams of living a normal life. They are hired by the Commodore to find and kill a man. From Oregon to California, a ruthless hunt begins, an initiatory journey that will test this insane bond between the two brothers. A path that leads to their humanity?

Only the Brave (Line of Fire)
director : Joseph Kosinski
Written by : Ken Nolan, Eric Warren Singer
Production : Black Label Media, Di Bonaventura Pictures, Condé Nast Entertainment
Distribution FR / US : Summit Entertainment / Columbia Pictures
Running time : 110mns
cast : Josh Brolin (Eric Marsh), Miles Teller (Brendan McDonough), Jeff Bridges (Duane Steinbrink), Jennifer Connelly (Amanda Marsh), James Badge Dale (Jesse Steed), Taylor Kitsch (Christopher McKenzie),
Synopsis: (vo) : All men are created equal… then, a few become firefighters. Based on the true story of the Granite Mountain Hotshots, this is the heroic story of one unit of local firefighters that through a unique brotherhood, but also hope, determination, sacrifice, and the drive to protect communities and their country become one of the most elite firefighting teams in the USA.

Operation finale
director : Chris Weitz
Written by : Matthew Orton
Production : Automatik Entertainment
Distribution US : Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Running time : 122mns
cast : Oscar Isaac (Peter Malkin), Sir Ben Kingsley (Adolf Eichmann), Mélanie Laurent (Hanna Regev), Lior Raz (Isser Harel), Nick Kroll (Rafi Eitan), Joe Alwyn (Klaus Eichmann), Haley Lu Richardson (Sylvia Hermann), Greta Scacchi (Vera Eichmann)
Synopsis: (vo) : Fifteen years after the end of World War II, Israel’s intelligence agency Mossad and security agency Shin Bet, led by the tireless and heroic agent Peter Malkin, launched a daring top-secret raid to capture the notorious Eichmann, who had been reported dead in the chaos following Nazi Germany’s collapse but was, in fact, living and working in a suburb of Buenos Aires, Argentina under an assumed identity along with his wife and two sons…

Ophelia
director : Claire McCarthy
Written by : Semi Chellas
Production : Bobker/Kruger, Bert Marcus Film, Fourthcoming Films
Running time : 100mns
cast : Daisy Ridley (Ophelia), Naomi Watts (la reine/Queen Gertrude & Mechtild), Clive Owen (Claudius), George MacKay (Hamlet), Tom Felton (Laertes), Devon Terrell (Horatrio), Dominic Mafham (Polonius), Nathaniel Parker (le roi/King Hamlet
Synopsis: (vo) : Ophelia takes center stage as Queen Gertrude’s most trusted lady-in-waiting. Beautiful and intelligent, she soon captures the attention of the handsome Prince Hamlet and a forbidden love blossoms. As war brews, lust and betrayal are tearing Elsinore Castle apart from within and Ophelia must decide between her true love or her own life in order to protect a very dangerous secret…

Peppermint
director : Pierre Morel
Written by : Chad St. John
Production : Lakeshore Entertainment
Distribution FR / US : STXfilms / Metropolitan filmExport
Running time : 95mns
cast : Jennifer Garner (Riley North), John Ortiz (le détective/Detective Moises Beltran), John Gallagher Jr. (le détective/Detective Stan Carmichael), Juan Pablo Raba (Diego Garcia) Jeff Hephner (Chris North), Cailey Fleming (Carly North), Annie Llonzeh (Lisa Inman)
Synopsis: (vo) : Young mother Riley North awakens from a coma after her husband and daughter are killed in a brutal attack on the family. When the system frustratingly shields the murderers from justice, Riley sets out to transform herself from citizen to urban guerrilla…

Searching (Searching – Portée disparue)
director : Aneesh Chaganty
Written by : Aneesh Chaganty, Sev Ohanian
Production : Bazelevs Company, Stage 6 Films
Distribution FR / US : Sony Pictures Releasing France / Screen Gems
Running time : 102mns
cast : John Cho (David Kim), Debra Messing (l’inspectrice/Detective Rosemary Vick), Michelle La (Margot), Sara Sohn (Pamela Nam Kim)
Synopsis: (vo) : After sixteen-year-old Margot goes missing, a local investigation is opened and a detective is assigned to the case. But thirty-seven hours later and without a single lead, David, the father, decides to search the one place no one has looked yet, where all secrets are kept today: his daughter's laptop…