2012 Sundance Predictions: Phil Dorling’s Predisposed

Date:

November 11, 2011

#50. Predisposed – Phil Dorling

If everything works out as planned, it’ll be deja-vu for Philip Dorling and Melissa Leo again as Predisposed, the 2009 accepted short film with Leo playing the character of Penny (see pic above) has been elongated into Predisposed…a drama that might be this year’s Down to the Bone for its mother battling addiction portions and which happens to include Jesse Eisenberg and Tracy Morgan. This should be a strong contender for a U.S Dramatic Comp spot at the fest this year.

Gist: Based on the short film, this a drama focused a drug addicted mother (Melissa Leo) and her son (Jesse Eisenberg) as she prepares to enter rehab and he readies himself for an interview at Juilliard.

Producers: Ron Nyswaner, Neda Armian (Rachel Getting Married), Brice Dal Farra, Claude Dal Farra and , Lauren Munsch and Peter Sterling (Peter and Vandy)
(IONCINEMA.com Preview Page // IMDB Link)

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Eric Lavallée https://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). In 2022, he was a New Flesh Juror for Best First Feature at the Fantasia International Film Festival. His top films for 2023 include The Zone of Interest (Glazer), Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell (Pham Thien An), Totem (Lila Avilés), La Chimera (Alice Rohrwacher), All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt (Raven Jackson). He is a Golden Globes Voter.

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