Film Details

Robert Pattinson and Bérénice Bejo (The Artist) star in the acclaimed directorial debut of cult actor Brady Corbet (Funny Games, Melancholia). It’s a period piece set in a French country chateau at the end of WWI, and it wears its cinematic influences (Welles, Dreyer, Haneke, von Trier, et al.) on its luxurious sleeve. Dark and dreamy (with a thunderous Scott Walker score), the film focuses on an angelic-looking seven-year-old child who proves a holy terror for his American diplomat father and German-born mother. His tantrums and power plays constitute a parable about the rise of European fascism. “Like nothing you’ve quite seen before…An uncompromisingly grown-up, intelligent, allusive cineaste experience.” –Screen Daily. Adults only! Cleveland premiere. DCP. 115 min.