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Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2012: #97. Sally Potter’s Bomb

Two decades since she her magnificent debut (Orlando), Potter has fallen off the radar with what panned out to be further films experimenting with the form. We haven’t cared much for her recent slate, but with a Ban the Bomb movement and the sexual revolution serving as the backdrop, this counterculture item with a possible Lolita situation germinating makes this a rare Sally Potter film to look forward to.

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#97. Bomb

Director/Writer: Sally Potter
Producers: BBC Films
Distributor: Rights Available

The Gist: This is about two teenage rebel girls living in 1960s London. Fanning plays a teen whose dad, a charismatic writer (Alessandro Nivola) is a freethinking writer who wrecks his relationship with his daughter when he has an affair with her friend (Englert)...(more)

Cast: Elle Fanning, Christina Hendricks, Alessandro Nivola, and Jane Campion’s daughter Alice Englert.

List Worthy Reasons…: Two decades since she her magnificent debut (Orlando), Potter has fallen off the radar with what panned out to be further films experimenting with the form. We haven’t cared much for her recent slate, but with a Ban the Bomb movement and the sexual revolution serving as the backdrop, this counterculture item with a possible Lolita situation germinating makes this a rare Sally Potter film to look forward to.

Release Date/Status?: With casting already set and filming expected to begin in February, we expect a possible Venice/TIFF festival showing.

 
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Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist and critic at IONCINEMA.com (founded in 2000). Eric is a regular at Sundance, Cannes and TIFF. He has a BFA in Film Studies at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013 he served as a Narrative Competition Jury Member at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson's This Teacher (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). In 2022 he served as a New Flesh Comp for Best First Feature at the 2022 Fantasia Intl. Film Festival. Current top films for 2022 include Tár (Todd Field), All That Breathes (Shaunak Sen), Aftersun (Charlotte Wells).

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