Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2013: #9. Ari Folman’s The Congress

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The Congress

Director/Writer: Ari Folman
Producer(s): David Grumbach, Eitan Mansuri
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Robin Wright, Paul Giamatti, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Harvey Keitel, Frances Fisher, Danny Huston

Folman’s brilliant anti-war film that merged animation and docu worlds for a hallucinatory experience. Waltz with Bashir appears to have served as a great template for Folma’s next work which he has been hard at work now for more than two years.

Gist: An aging, out-of-work actress (Wright) accepts one last job, though the consequences of her decision affect her in ways she didn’t consider.

Release Date: Cannes Film Festival Main Competition showing is in the cards.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Eric Lavallée
Eric Lavalléehttps://www.ericlavallee.com
Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist, and critic at IONCINEMA.com, established in 2000. A regular at Sundance, Cannes, and Venice, Eric holds a BFA in film studies from the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013, he served on the narrative competition jury at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson’s "This Teacher" (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). He is a Golden Globes Voter, member of the ICS (International Cinephile Society) and AQCC (Association québécoise des critiques de cinéma).

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