Sentences with phrase «debut about a young man»
An inventive and witty debut about a young man's quest to become a writer and the misadventures in life and love that take him around the globe From as early as he can remember, the hopelessly unreliable, yet hopelessly earnest, narrator of this ambitious debut novel has wanted to become a writer.
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Aaron Godfred's feature film debut, Little Blue Pill, is a raunchy indie comedy about a young man who accidentally takes Viagra like pills and experiences all the side - effects that comes
But that's just how good Jordan Peele's directing debut is, a thoughtful satire on race relations about a young black man who discovers things aren't what they seem when he visits his white girlfriend's family in the country.
Zhao had her debut feature Songs My Brothers Taught Me in the Directors» Fortnight at Cannes two years ago, and she returns with this story about a young cowboy who — after suffering a near fatal head injury — undertakes a search for new identity and what it means to be a man in the heartland of America.
Other films from Cannes making their US debut at Telluride include the Russian «Loveless,» directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev, about an unhappy couple searching for their son, and winner of Cannes» Jury Prize; «A Man of Integrity,» by Mohammad Rasoulof, set in corrupt Iranian society, which won the Grand Prize of the Un Certain Regard section; «The Rider,» by Chloe Zhao, about a badly injured young South Dakotan rodeo rider, which won the top prize, the Art Cinema Award, of the Director's Fortnight; «Tesnota (Closeness),» about a Jewish family forced to try to ransom their son and his new bride, also in Un Certain Regard, by Kantemir Balagov; and Barbet Schroeder's documentary about a Buddhist monk, «Le venerable W.»
Get Out is Jordan Peele's debut directorial feature about a young African - American man who visits his white girlfriend's family estate, starring Daniel Kaluuya and Allison Williams as the couple
A great mix of old and new cinematic gold, this year's lineup includes Ildikó Enyedi's Berlinale Golden Bear - winner On Body and Soul; Mrs. Fang, Wang Bing's unflinching document of an elderly woman in her final days, which won the Golden Leopard at Locarno; the North American premiere of Katharina Wyss's powerful debut feature Sarah Plays a Werewolf, about a woman who channels her fears into theater; Govinda Van Maele's fiction feature debut Gutland, featuring Phantom Thread's Vicky Krieps; the U.S. premiere of Slovenian director Rok Biček «s The Family, a compassionate portrait of a young man's life over the course of 10 years; and experimental artist Bertrand Mandico's exhilarating, gender - bending Wild Boys.
; MEN AND CHICKEN, Anders Thomas Jensen's dark, twisted and extremely animalistic comedy as black as pitch, but with the sweetest heart, starring Mads Mikkelsen; Fernando León de Aranoa's black comedy A PERFECT DAY, a freewheeling tale centering on two veteran aid workers starring Benico Del Toro and Tim Robbins; the International Premiere of Brendan Cowell's debut RUBEN GUTHRIE about an advertising exec trying to quit the booze, which spikes social observations with dark, wounded humour and the European Premiere of Japanese auteur / icon Takeshi Kitano's latest comedy, RYUZO AND HIS SEVEN HENCHMEN, about a group of elderly, retired Yakuza who reteam to take revenge on a younger rival gang.
Yardie Among the actors making their directorial debuts at Sundance this year is Idris Elba, who helmed this thriller about a young Jamaican man who pursues revenge against the man who killed his brother.
Kicking off a season of coarse comedy is actor Joseph Gordon - Levitt's directorial debut «Don Jon,» which was released Sept. 27, about a young, attractive man who struggles to connect with women due to his porn addiction.
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Her debut novel The Plum Tree - a WWII story about a young German woman trying to save the love of her life, a Jewish man - will be released by Kensington in January 2013.
From the author of the acclaimed and bestselling debut novel «Warchild» comesa new action - packed adventure about a young man's journey into adulthood amidinterstellar war.