Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2012: #17. Sergei Loznitsa’s In the Fog

#17. In the Fog

Director/Writer: Sergei Loznitsa
Producers: Heino Deckert
Distributor: Rights Available

The Gist: Based on the Russian novel of the same name, this is set on the Western frontiers of the USSR, 1942. Two partisans receive an order to kill a suspected collaborator. The innocent suspect is desperate to save his honour. Left face-to-face with his enemies, deep in an ancient forest, where the line between treason and heroism dissappears, the main character tries to make a moral choice under immoral circumstances…(more)

Cast: Unknown actors from several European countries of the region.

List Worthy Reasons…: Once again working with Cinematographer Oleg Mutu (4 months, 3 weeks, 2 days), I’m expecting this depiction of WWII to employ the same sort of gritty realism found in his 2010 Cannes preemed My Joy, his feature film debut about a grizzly road trip gone terribly wrong was totally up my alley, but was dissed by fellow Cannes critics. The helmer describes his film as the tale “about a man trying to make a moral choice under the immoral circumstances” and with a harsh, wilderness backdrop we expect humanity to be put to test once again. We can’t wait for this.

Release Date/Status?: Currently in production, this will be completed sometime in 2012 and perhaps even ready for Cannes – where he was one of the very few debut filmmakers to showcase his film in the Main Comp. Kino Lorber distributed My Joy in the U.S. and this should follow the same kind of pathway perhaps in 2013.