#16. Somewhere
Director/Writer: Sofia Coppola
Producers: Sofia and Roman Coppola and G. Mac Brown
Distributor: Focus Features.
The Gist: Johnny Marco (Stephen Dorff) is a bad-boy A-List actor stumbling through a life of excess while living at Hollywood’s legendary Chateau Marmont Hotel. His days are a haze of drinks, girls, fast cars and fawning fans. Cocooned in this celebrity-induced artificial world, Johnny has lost all sense of his true self. Until, that is, his 11-year-old daughter Cleo (Elle Fanning) unexpectedly shows up and unwittingly begins to anchor him. ….(more)
Cast: Michelle Monaghan, Stephen Dorff, Elle Fanning, Laura Ramsey and special appearance from Benicio Del Toro
Why is it on the list?: With this, Coppola confirms her fascination for living spaces and perhaps fills us in on a social scene that isn’t accessible. The reason why we love this director is for her ability to integrate modern soundtracks within the tonality of her films and her exploration of the search of self themes are far from boring.
Release Date/Status?: Look for Focus to launch this in Cannes and from there, a release date strategy should be laid out.
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