#41. Lore
Director: Cate Shortland
Writer(s): Shortland and Robin Mukherjee
Producers: Porchlight Films’ Liz Watts, Paul Welsh, Rohfilm’s Karsten Stoeter & Benny Drechsel
Distributor: Rights Available
The Gist: Based on the book by Rachel Seiffert and written by Cate Shortland and Robin Mukherjee, set in Spring of 1945, as the German front collapses, the Allied forces take control over Hitler’s country. With her Nazi parents imprisoned, 14-year-old Lore is left alone in charge of her four young siblings...(more)
Cast: Saskia Rosendahl and Ursina Lardi
List Worthy Reasons…: It’s been a long, very long eight years since she dropped Somersault upon art-house patrons. Once again employing the unknown young actress in the lead, this multi-territory co-production is a heftier and I don’t think will have any resemblance to her 2004 debut (I recall a more gloomy, low budget aesthetic) this could make for a potentially engrossing watch with young leads surviving WW2.
Release Date/Status?: Cannes appears to be the logical venue for the film – her debut was presented in the Un Certain Regard section – this might receive the same slot.
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