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

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.