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Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #191. Stephen Daldry’s Trash

Published on February 3, 2014

Trash

Director: Stephen Daldry
Writer: Richard Curtis
Producer(s): PeaPie Films’ Kris Thykier & Working Title Films’ Tim Bevan & Eric Fellner
U.S. Distributor: Universal Pictures
Cast: Rooney Mara, Martin Sheen, Wagner Moura

With an adapted screenplay by writer/director Richard Curtis, we’re super curious about what seems to be a change of pace for Stephen Daldry. True, it’s another adaptation of a novel, but this doesn’t seem to be something we’re going to be numbed to after a healthy round of Oscar campaigning. An eclectic cast, including Brazilian actor Wagner Moura from Jose Padhila’s Elite Squad films is also a reason to tune in.

Gist: Set in an unnamed Third World country, three kids (played by newcomers Rickson Tevez, Eduardo Luis and Gabriel Weinstein) who make a discovery in a garbage dump soon find themselves running from the cops and trying to right a terrible wrong. Sheen will play Father Juilliard, and Mara will play Olivia, an NGO worker.

Release Date: Set to open May 1, 2014 in the UK, expect a release date around the same time period stateside.

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Nicholas Bell

Los Angeles based Nicholas Bell is IONCINEMA.com's Chief Film Critic and covers film festivals such as Sundance, Berlin, Cannes and TIFF. He is part of the critic groups on Rotten Tomatoes, The Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA), the Online Film Critics Society (OFCS) and GALECA. His top 3 for 2021: France (Bruno Dumont), Passing (Rebecca Hall) and Nightmare Alley (Guillermo Del Toro). He was a jury member at the 2019 Cleveland International Film Festival.