Filmed in the twilit hues of the California magic hour, this loosely autobiographical coming - of -
age tale marks Gerwig as an artist with equal talent and creative force — originality, spunk and heart — on either side of the camera.
Not exact matches
Who: Liam James, actorWhat: «The Way, Way Back «Where: Today at Eccles at 3:30 p.m.. Most people know Liam James for his role as Mireille Enos» son on AMC's «The Killing,» but Sundance auds will see an entirely different side of the young actor in «The Way, Way Back,» a coming - of -
age tale that
marks the directorial debut of Nat Faxon and Jim Rash, the Oscar - winning scribes of «The Descendants.»
After some opening images — a shadowy blond figure, complete with trench coat and heels, dumping a corpse off a bridge — that immediately frame its
tale of moneyed madness through the greasy lens of B - movie schlock, the film moves to an
aging Durst (here renamed David
Marks and played by Ryan Gosling) on the witness stand.
«Son Of Rambow» (2007) Arguably the best film on this section of the list, «Son Of Rambow,» the impossibly charming coming - of -
age tale that
marked the second film from music video veteran Garth Jennings, who made his debut with studio picture «The Hitchiker's Guide To The Galaxy,» was the big buy at Sundance 2007, selling to Paramount Vantage for $ 7.5 million.
Partisan
marks the feature directing debut of Ariel Kleiman, who made the short films Young Love and Deeper than Yesterday, and this coming - of -
age story looks like a compelling
tale.
Both a gripping adventure
tale and a moving portrait of a tempestuous, beautifully flawed young woman coming of
age, Graceling
marks the debut of a truly gifted writer.