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TIFF 2010 Buyer’s Club: #9. Mike Mills’ Beginners
If we do the math: you’ve got cancer, plus senior coming out of the closest from the director who gave us Thumbsucker. If this dramedy packs an emotional wallop and McGregor brews up a magnifying performance, we could have something that gets mentioned during awards.
#9. Beginners
The Gist: Ewan McGregor plays a young man rocked by two announcements from his elderly father (Christopher Plummer)…one, that he has terminal cancer, and two, that he’s coming out of the closet. Also stars: Melanie Laurent and Goran Visnjic.
Director: Mike Mills — Sales Agent: TBD
Selling Point: If we do the math: you’ve got cancer, plus senior coming out of the closest from the director who gave us Thumbsucker. If this dramedy packs an emotional wallop and McGregor brews up a magnifying performance, we could have something that gets mentioned during awards.
Suited For: An Indie distributor who has experience of accentuating qualities of an American indie film.
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