2022 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Michael Morris’ To Leslie

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A British born television Director who had a stint at the Old Vic theatre in London (1999 to 2002); with a full decade of directing series (Halt and Catch Fire, and some recent episodes of Better Call Saul) Michael Morris made the big move to features in October of 2020. To Leslie sees Andrea Riseborough surrounded by the likes of Allison Janney, Jonathan Tucker, Andre Royo and Marc Maron on a rags to riches to rags and an another kind of happiness type of denouement. Written by Ryan Binaco,  Cinematographer Larkin Seiple (Everything Everywhere All at Once) was enlisted to capture rural and cityscape backdrops.

“To Leslie” tells the story of a West Texas single mother (Riseborough), who won the lottery and squandered it just as fast, leaving behind a world of heartbreak. Years later, with her charm running out and nowhere to go, she fights to rebuild her life and find redemption. Binaco wrote the screenplay inspired by the life of his mother.

Gist: This tells the story of a West Texas single mother (Riseborough), who won the lottery and squandered it just as fast, leaving behind a world of heartbreak. Years later, with her charm running out and nowhere to go, she fights to rebuild her life and find redemption.

Production Co./Producers: BCDF Pictures’ Claude Dal Farra, Brian Keady, Clair de Lune Entertainment’s Kelsey Law.

Prediction: U.S. DRAMATIC COMPETITION.

U.S. Distributor: Rights Available.  UTA Independent Film Group (domestic). Mister Smith Entertainment (international).

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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