Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2020: #141. The Hunter’s Son – Ricky Rijneke

The Hunter’s Son

Dutch director Ricky Rijneke lands Jérémie Renier to topline her sophomore feature The Hunter’s Son, described as a “man’s story told by women.” Rijneke’s producer is Mildred van Leeuwaarden, with co-production from Poland’s Magdalena Kaminskaana and Agata Szymanska, Iceland’s Birgitta Bjornsdottir, and Belgium’s Ellen De Waele. Her latest project has been filtered through the Torino Film Lab, the Toronto Talent Lab (where Malgorzata Szumowska and Wim Wenders served as mentors) and the Sam Spiegel Lab. Rijneke’s 2007 short “Wing: The Fish that Talked Back” was programmed in Locarno and her 2013 feature Silent Ones competed in Rotterdam.

Gist: Rijneke’s thriller concerns a father and his 14-year-old son, Rabbit. While in pursuit of hunting a deer, an unexpected act of violence brings them to a crossroads which changes the course of their lives.

Release Date/Prediction: Rijneke will begin shooting her film in March 2020 in Iceland, which means a potential chance she’ll bow in the fall festival circuit, most likely Venice’s sidebar sections.