& SONS, RECENSIONE DI CATELLO MASULLO
SYNOPSIS
It’s been nearly 20 years since an incident tore the Dyer family apart — an incident with a name: Andy. Andy is the reason world-famous author Andrew, better known to readers as the famously reclusive A.N. Dyer, no longer speaks to his adult sons, Richard and Jamie, nor his ex-wife, Isabel.
Now, feeling his time on Earth is running out, he summons his sons to be with him. When they arrive, he tells them something so unbelievable it couldn’t possibly be true. Or could it?
DIRECTOR’S STATEMENT:
On the surface, & Sons is the story of a writer at the end of his life, coming to terms with the major decisions he’s made — and the consequences they’ve left behind. But at its core, it’s a deeply relatable exploration of legacy, family, identity, vanity, exploitation, and, of course, love. It’s told in a highly intimate and personal way, with a layer of irony woven in — a snapshot of ordinary lives suddenly upended by something that feels like surrealist fiction.
& Sons taps into themes I’ve been exploring since I became a filmmaker: the inherent tension in our relationships — whether with friends, work, or family — and how we, as individuals, struggle to find our own paths. How love, duty, and dreams often find themselves in conflict with one another.
Andrew wants to put his affairs in order, and that means repairing the broken relationships he has with his two adult sons, Richard and Jamie, and trying to build a support system for his youngest son, Andy.
Was Andy the reason Andrew’s relationship with his ex-wife and soulmate, Isabel, fell apart? And was he the catalyst for the estrangement from his older sons?
Andrew is consumed by the question of what he’ll leave behind. His legacy. He’s achieved success in his work — but is he proud of it? Is he proud of anything he’ll leave behind? Is he proud of how he has loved?
I see & Sons as a universal story — one that resonates across borders and generations.
TALENT BIOS:
PABLO TRAPERO (Director, Writer)
… is an Argentine filmmaker. His first feature, MUNDO GRÚA, won the Critics Prize at the 1999 Venice International Film Festival. He has subsequently written, directed, and produced many critically acclaimed and commercially successful films that have launched at the world’s most prestigious festivals, including the Cannes Film Festival, the Toronto International Film Festival, and Venice. Works include EL BONAERENSE (2002), FAMILIA RODANTE (2004), NACIDO Y CRIADO (2006), LEONERA (2008), CARANCHO (2010), ELEFANTE BLANCO (2012), and LA
QUIETUD (2018). In 2014 Pablo administered as President of Un Certain Regard in Cannes. He was awarded the Chevalier l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the Ministry of Culture of France in 2015, becoming the first South American director to receive this honor. Pablo’s 2015 film EL CLAN opened to massive critical and commercial success in his home country of Argentina, setting the record for the largest opening weekend box-office of all time. It went on to premiere at Venice, where he won the Silver Lion for Best Director. In 2019, Pablo directed the climactic episodes of ZEROZEROZERO, the lauded crime series starring Andrea Riseborough and Dane DeHaan, for Amazon Prime, Cattleya, and executive producer Stefano Sollima. Pablo served as the lead director and executive producer on the Apple+ series ECHO 3 for showrunner Mark Boal and Keshet Studios, starring Luke Evans, Michiel Huisman, Jessica Ann Collins and Martina Gusmán. Pablo recently completed directing the feature &SONS based on the novel by David Gilbert and adapted by Oscar winning screenwriter Sarah Polley. Infinity Hill’s Axel Kuschevatzky & Phin Glynn (ARGENTINA 1985) are producing. The film will premiere at the 50th Toronto International Film Festival.
BILL NIGHY (Cast)
Bill Nighy is a multi-award-winning actor of both the stage and screen, with an expansive career spanning fifty years. Bill has been nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor (LIVING) and has received a BAFTA for Best Supporting Actor (LOVE ACTUALLY), among many other accolades.
Most recently, Bill was seen as part of the leading cast of JOY, a Netflix feature film based on the true story of the world’s first in vitro fertilization baby, released globally in October 2024.
Bill will next be seen starring in the acclaimed &SONS, marking director Pablo Trapero’s English-language feature debut and scripted by Sarah Polley. Bill will also star in Morgan Matthews’ 500 MILES alongside Maisie Williams, which follows two brothers who travel to Ireland to find their estranged grandfather.
Bill portrays Doctor Lazarus in the forthcoming LAZARUS for Prime Video, created by Harlan Coben and Danny Brocklehurst. Currently in post-production, the psychological mystery thriller explores themes around loss, redemption, and the enduring bond between parent and child.
In addition, Bill has been announced to star in the upcoming six-part BBC series CALIFORNIA AVENUE, set in a nostalgia-soaked 1970s trailer park overlooking the English Channel. Bill will also be seen in Prime Video’s upcoming action-adventure series RIDE OR DIE.
Bill was seen in THE FIRST OMEN, a prequel to the 1976 classic horror ‘THE OMEN’, released in cinemas in April 2024. Bill also starred in Netflix’s feature film THE BEAUTIFUL GAME; directed by Thea Sharrock which centres around a group of English homeless footballers.
In 2022, Bill starred in LIVING, an adaptation from the 1952 Japanese classic Iriku by Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto and Hideo Oguni, premiered at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival. For this role Bill was nominated for an Academy Award (Best Actor 2023), BAFTA (Leading Actor 2023), Critics Choice Award (Best Actor 2023), and a SAG Award (Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role 2023).
Bill’s extensive list of film credits also includes ROLE PLAY (2023); THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH (2022), MINAMATA (2021), EMMA (2020), HOPE GAP (2020), THE KINDNESS OF STRANGERS (2019), POKEMON DETECTIVE PIKACHU (2019), SOMETIMES, ALWAYS, NEVER (2019), THE BOOKSHOP (2018), BY INNOCENCE (2018), LIMEHOUSE GOLEM(2017), THEIR FINEST (2017), RED NOSE DAY ACTUALLY (2017), WILD TARGET (2010),PIRATE RADIO (2009), VALKYRIE (2008), NOTES ON A SCANDAL (2006), THE CONSTANT GARDENER (2005), LOVE ACTUALLY (2003), LAWLESS HEART (2001)
and STILL CRAZY(1998).
Bill began his career on the stage and has since earned acclaim for his work in numerous plays, including David Hare’s PRAVDA (1985), SKYLIGHT (1995) and A MAP OF THE WORLD (1983). He received an Olivier Award nomination in 2001 for Best Actor for his performance in Joe Penhall’s BLUE/ORANGE
NOAH JUPE (Cast)
Breaking out with roles in Wonder, A Quiet Place and Honey Boy. Jupe’s star continued to rise in Ford v Ferrari and the hit HBO series The Undoing. He recently starred in two Apple series — Franklin, opposite Michael Douglas, and Lady in the Lake, opposite Natalie Portman. This year, as well as & Sons, Jupe has completed filming on Michael Sarnoski’s The Death of Robin Hood, alongside Hugh Jackman, Jodie Comer and Bill Skarsgård and the horror pic The Carpenter’s Son opposite Nicolas Cage. He can be seen in both Jaume Collet-sera’s much anticipated Play Dead and Chloe Zhao’s compelling Hamnet as well as the eagerly awaited second season of The Night Manager. Next up Jupe commences filming on Psyche, starring opposite Isabela Merced, developed, written and produced by his newly formed production company Double Garage Films.
GEORGE MACKAY (Cast)
British actor George MacKay is widely regarded as one of the UK’s most exciting and prolific talents, with a career spanning film, television, and theatre. He began acting at the age of 10 in
P.J. Hogan’s Peter Pan and has since built an impressive body of work in critically acclaimed, award-winning productions. His performances have earned him widespread recognition, including a BAFTA Rising Star nomination in 2017 and a leading role in Sam Mendes’ multi- award-winning 1917.
In 2025, George stars in several high-profile projects. He leads Mark Jenkin’s Rose of Navada, an uncanny meditation on time, memory, and disappearance, shot on 16mm and with all sound constructed in post-production. The film will premiere at both the Venice and Toronto International Film Festivals. He also appears in Pablo Trapero’s English-language debut & Sons, premiering at TIFF, and features in Jane Pollard and Iain Forsyth’s Marianne Faithfull documentary Broken English, screening out of competition at Venice.
George was recently announced as Edward Ferrars in Sense and Sensibility, a Focus Features and Working Title adaptation directed by Georgia Oakley. He stars opposite Daisy Edgar-Jones, with a cast including Fiona Shaw, Caitríona Balfe, and Frank Dillane. In 2024, George reunited with director Paul Wright (For Those in Peril) to collaborate on his next feature Mission, set for a festival launch next year.
His awards include the 2023 British Independent Film Award for Best Joint Lead Performance (with Nathan Stewart-Jarrett), the Virtuoso Award at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival for 1917, and the Scottish BAFTA Award for Best Film Actor for For Those in Peril. He has also been nominated for Most Promising British Newcomer and Young British Performer of the Year at the London Critics’ Circle Awards. Additionally, he was named one of the Berlinale Shooting Stars and received the Chopard Trophy at the Cannes Film Festival.
George made his stage debut in 2014 in Ian McEwan’s The Cement Garden, directed by David Aula. He then starred in a revival of Eugene O’Neill’s Ah, Wilderness! at the Young Vic (dir.Natalie Abrahami), and appeared at The Old Vic in Matthew Warchus’ production of The Caretaker.
Selected Film Credits: The End, La Bête (The Beast), Femme, The True History of the Kelly Gang, I Came By, Munich: The Edge of War, Wolf, A Guide to Second Date Sex,Been So Long, Where Hands Touch, The Secret of Marrowbone, Captain Fantastic, Bypass, Pride, Sunshine on Leith, How I Live Now and For Those in Peril.
Television Credits:11.22.63, Neil Gaiman’s Likely Stories, The Trick, The Outcast, Best of Men and the BAFTA and Emmy-nominated Tsunami: The Aftermath (BBC).
JOHNNY FLYNN (Cast)
Johnny Flynn is an award-winning and critically acclaimed actor and musician who has worked extensively across film, television, and theatre.
Johnny is set to lead the cast of the survival thriller, A PRAYER FOR THE DYING, alongside John C. Reilly. Directed by Dara Van Dusen, the film is based on the novel by Stewart O’Nan and takes place in 1870 in Friendship, Wisconsin, a small town of Scandinavian settlers still suffering the repercussions of the recent Civil War.
Johnny will be seen in Pablo Trapero’s upcoming English-language feature debut, &SONS, alongside Dominic West, Imelda Staunton, and George MacKay. The film follows the story of a best-selling novelist who, convinced his life is coming to a swift end, attempts to reconcile fractured relationships with his sons.
Johnny is currently filming Malgorzata Szumowska and Michal Englert’s THE IDIOTS, in which he stars alongside Aimee Lou Wood. Based on Andrew D. Kaufman’s novel “The Gambler Wife: A True Story of Love, Risk, and the Woman Who Saved Dostoyevsky”, the story follows the lives of the writer Fyodor Dostoyevsky and his wife Anna during a period that inspired him to write “The Idiot” – which was considered a commercial flop at the time, but today, regarded as one of the greatest novels in the history of literature.
Earlier this year, Johnny shot alongside Kate Winslet in GOODBYE JUNE, her directorial debut. Johnny will also be starring alongside Timothy Spall, Helen Mirren, and Toni Colette.
Recently, Johnny has been announced to star as Lucius Malfoy in HBO’s Harry Potter reboot.
Recently Johnny took up the role of Dickie Greenleaf in Steve Zaillian’s series, RIPLEY for Netflix. Johnny was cast opposite Andrew Scott as Tom Ripley and Dakota Fanning as Marge Sherwood.
Notably, Johnny was also seen in Holocaust drama ONE LIFE (2023), starring opposite Anthony Hopkins and Helena Bonham-Carter. The feature film is based on the life of humanitarian
Nicholas George Winton for BBC Films and See-Saw Films. The film premiered to critical acclaim at TIFF 2023, and before going on to screen at BFI London Film Festival 2023.
Following a critically acclaimed run at the National Theatre, Johnny was on West End at the Noël Coward Theatre, reprising the role of Richard Burton opposite Tuppence Middleton and Mark Gatiss as Elizabeth Taylor and John Gielgud respectively in THE MOTIVE AND THE CUE (2023). The script penned by Jack Thorne, directed by Sam Mendes, was inspired by ‘Letters from an Actor’ by William Redfield and ‘John Gielgud Directs Richard Burton in Hamlet’ by Richard L. Stern exploring how acting giants Burton and Gielgud staged Hamlet on Broadway in 1964.
In September 2022, Johnny featured on-screen in THE SCORE, for which he wrote the musical score and served as an executive producer. The film is a heist musical that sees two small time crooks drive to a secluded roadside cafe for a big ‘score’. Directed by Malachi Smyth, THE SCORE also stars Will Poulter and Naomi Ackie.
In April 2022 Johnny appeared in John Madden’s WWII drama, OPERATION
MINCEMEAT released by Warner Bros in the UK and Netflix in the US. Based on a true and incredible story, Johnny portrays the role of Ian Fleming opposite Colin Firth, Matthew Macfadyen, and Penelope Wilton. On an April morning in 1943, a sardine fisherman spotted the corpse of a British soldier floating in the sea off the coast of Spain which sparked a course of events that would change the course of the Second World War.
In the same month, Johnny starred in crime feature film THE OUTFIT (2022), penned and directed by Graham Moore for Focus Features alongside Mark Rylance, Dylan O’Brien, and Zoey Deutch. The film follows an English tailor who through an unfortunate series of events finds himself making suits for vicious gangsters in Chicago.
Johnny starred in critically acclaimed film, THE DIG (2021), a Netflix feature set during WWII and based on the novel by John Preston. He stars opposite Lily James, Ben Chaplin, and Ralph Fiennes, with the film earning a BAFTA nomination for Outstanding British Film.
Also in 2021, Johnny led in the titular role as a young David Bowie in STARDUST; the film portrays a single pivotal year of his life during Bowie’s first visit to the US in 1971 – a trip that inspired the invention of his iconic alter ego Ziggy Stardust. Johnny’s role as David Bowie secured him the Raindance Jury’s Best Actor prize for his role in November 2020.
In 2020, Johnny starred as Mr Knightly opposite Anya Taylor-Joy in Autumn de Wilde’s adaptation of Jane Austen’s classic 1815 novel EMMA (2020). The Focus Features and Working Title film has an all-star cast including Bill Nighy, Josh O’Connor, Mai Goth, and Miranda Hart.
Johnny was nominated for a Critics Choice Award for Best Supporting Actor for the role of young Albert Einstein in National Geographic’s anthology GENIUS (2017). Other previous roles on television include ITV drama VANITY FAIR (2018); the BBC adaptation of LES MISERABLES (2018); and British romantic comedy LOVESICK (2014-2018).
His stage credits include lead in the London West End production of Sam
Shepard’s TRUE WEST (2018) opposite Kit Harington; critically acclaimed HANGMEN (2018) on Broadway; THE TWELFTH NIGHT (2013) at The Globe/Apollo Theatre;
and JERUSALEM (2012) for which he was nominated for an Oliver Award in the category of Best Supporting Actor.
With his band JOHNNY FLYNN & THE SUSSEX WIT he has released four studio albums and toured the world. He has scored and composed for numerous Film, TV, Theatre and Radio projects. In 2021, Johnny and Robert Macfarlane toured their album in the UK, Lost In Cedar Wood (Transgressive Records).
DOMINIC WEST (Cast)
… is an internationally renowned actor who’s film credits include: THE SQUARE; PRIDE; 300; DOWNTON ABBEY; vCOLETTE; TOMB RAIDER; TESTAMENT OF YOUTH; MONA LISA SMILE; THE AWAKENING; THE FORGOTTEN; JOHNNY ENGLISH REBORN; JOHN CARTER; CENTURION; CHICAGO; ROCKSTAR; 28 DAYS; A MIDSUMMER NIGHTS DREAM; SURVIVING PICASSO; RICHARD III and THREE JOES.
In television, West won a BAFTA award for APPROPRIATE ADULT and was BAFTA nominated for BURTON & TAYLOR. He was nominated for Golden Globes in THE CROWN; THE AFFAIR and THE HOUR. He starred in THE WIRE for HBO; LES MISERABLES; SAS ROGUE HEROES; THE PURSUIT OF LOVE, CALL MY AGENT and STATELESS at the BBC. He has
played Dr. Chris Cox in all six seasons of Joe Gilgun’s hit comedy BRASSIC. West can be most recently be seen in Steven Knight’s ROUGE HEROES and the Paramount+ series, THE AGENCY, in which he guest stars alongside Michael Fassbender and Richard Gere.
West’s theatre career began at The Almeida in THE SILVER TASSIE followed by a year in Peter Halls company at the Old Vic in WASTE; CLOUD NINE and THE SEAGULL for which he won the Ian Charleson award. He performed in THE VOYSEY INHERITANCE at the National Theatre and in DE LA GUARDA at the Roundhouse. At the Sheffield Crucible he starred in THE COUNTRY WIFE for Michael Grandage and Daniel Evans’ MY FAIR LADY and OTHELLO. In the West End he starred in BUTLEY at the Duchess; ROCK N ROLL at Duke of Yorks and opposite Helen McCrory in AS YOU LIKE IT at Wyndhams. At the Donmar Warehouse he starred in Calderon’s LIFE IS A DREAM and Christopher Hampton’s revival of LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES. Last year, West performed in Arthur Miller’s A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE at the Theatre Royal Haymarket in London.
We will next see Dominic in Simon Curtis’ DOWNTON ABBEY: THE GRAND FINALE and Pablo Trapero’s & SONS.
IMELDA STAUNTON (Cast)
… is a multi-award-winning actress in film, television, theatre and radio.
Her theatre work includes Mrs Warren’s Profession (Garrick Theatre), Hello, Dolly! (London Palladium), Talking Heads (Bridge Theatre,) Follies, Life x3, The Beggar’s Opera, Guys and Dolls – A Chorus of Disapproval – Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Play (National Theatre), Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Harold Pinter Theatre) Circle Mirror Transformation (Royal Court Theatre), Gypsy (Chichester Festival Theatre and Savoy Theatre – Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical), Sweeney Todd (Chichester Festival Theatre and Adelphi Theatre – Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical), A Delicate Balance (Almeida Theatre), Entertaining Mr Sloane (Trafalgar Studios), Fairmaid of the West, They Shoot Horses Don’t They?, The Wizard of Oz ( RSC) The Corn is Green (The Old Vic), Uncle Vanya (Vaudeville Theatre) Into the Woods (Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical).
For television her work includes Brassic, The Crown as Elizabeth II, Talking Heads, Trying, Flesh and Blood, A Confession, That Day We Sang, The Girl, Psychoville, Cranford Chronicles, Up The Garden Path, My Family and Other Animals, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Fingersmith, Strange, Family Business, Cambridge Spies, Easy Money and The Singing Detective.
Film includes Paddington in Peru, Downton Abbey 1 and 2, Amulet, Finding Your Feet, Pride (British Independent Film Award for Best Supporting Actress) Maleficent 1 and 2, The Awakening, Another Year, Paddington 1 and 2, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Taking Woodstock, A Bunch of Amateurs, Freedom Writers, Vera Drake (BAFTA, British Independent Film Awards, Evening Standard Film Awards, London Critics’ Circle Award. Los Angeles Film Critics’ Association Award, New York Film Critics’ Circle Award for Best Actress; and SAG, Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations), Nanny McPhee, Bright Young Things, Shakespeare in Love ,Much Ado About Nothing, Sense and Sensibility and Peter’s Friends.
NINA GOLD (Casting Director)
Nina Gold is a casting director in television, film and occasionally theatre.
Nina’s has cast over a hundred films and television pieces. Feature films include Jay Kelly; Conclave; Hamnet; The Roses; Ballad of a Small Player; Wonka; Blitz; Catherine Called Birdy; The Wonder; The Power of the Dog; The Mauritanian; The Two Popes; 1917; Star Wars: Episodes VII, VIII and IX; Jurassic World-Ancient Futures; Mamma Mia 2- Here We Go Again; Bridget Jones’ Baby; The BFG; The Danish Girl; Far from the Madding Crowd; High-Rise; The Martian; Paddington and Paddington 2; In the Heart of the Sea; The Iron Lady; The Theory of Everything; The Imitation Game; The King’s Speech ;Les Misérables.; Sightseers; Before I Go to Sleep; How I Live Now; Rush; Prometheus; The Counselor; Attack the Block; Jane Eyre; Hot Fuzz; Brothers of The Head; The Illusionist; Wild Bill; The World’s End; My Week with Marilyn; Nowhere Boy; Bright Star and Eastern Promises. She has cast nine films with Mike Leigh including Hard Truths; Peterloo; Mr. Turner; Topsy-Turvy; Vera Drake and Another Year.
Television credits include eight seasons of Game of Thrones; three seasons of The Crown; six seasons of Slow Horses; Too Much; Baby Reindeer; Bad Sisters; Say Nothing; Chernobyl; This Is Going To Hurt; Andor; Rain Dogs; The Power; Brexit; Patrick Melrose; King Lear; The State; Wolf Hall; The Dresser; Marco Polo; London Spy; Restless; Any Human Heart and The Crimson Petal and The White. Other television credits include two seasons of Rome; The Red Riding Trilogy; Longford; The Devil’s Whore; John Adams and The Life and Death of Peter Sellers.
Nina has won six Primetime Emmys for Outstanding Casting for her work on Baby Reindeer; John Adam; Game of Thrones and The Crown. Nina has won a BAFTA for scripted casting on This Is Going To Hurt; five Artios awards for outstanding casting on Slow Horses; Conclave; Baby Reindeer; The King’s Speech; My Week with Marilyn. In April 2016 she was honored with a BAFTA Special Award for her outstanding contribution to casting over 100 television and film productions – the first time BAFTA recognised a casting director with a special award.
PRODUCTION BIOS:
INFINITY HILL (United Kingdom)
Infinity Hill is an international, multilingual, and multicultural film and television production company with offices in London, Los Angeles, and Buenos Aires. Founded by Axel Kuschevatzky, Phin Glynn, and Cindy Teperman, the company is recognized for creating high- impact, globally resonant content.
One of its most acclaimed productions is Argentina, 1985, starring Ricardo Darín and Peter Lanzani and co-produced with Amazon Studios. The film won a Golden Globe, the Goya Award, and multiple Platino Awards, and earned nominations for both the Oscars and the BAFTA Awards.
Infinity Hill’s diverse slate also includes the action thriller The Doorman, starring Jean Reno and Ruby Rose; the documentary Nasha Natasha, about Natalia Oreiro; and The Intruder (El Prófugo), directed by Natalia Meta and selected as Argentina’s submission for the Academy Awards.
On television, the company produced the hit British series Staged, which aired in prime time on the BBC for three seasons. Starring Michael Sheen and David Tennant, the show featured special guest appearances by Samuel L. Jackson, Judi Dench, Christoph Waltz, Ewan McGregor, Ken Jeong, Jim Parsons, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Olivia Colman, and Cate Blanchett, among others.
Recent projects include Amor es Amor, starring Rob Schneider and Vadhir Derbez; The Manager (El Gerente), winner of the Golden Lion in the “Entertainment” category at the Cannes Lions, starring Leonardo Sbaraglia for Paramount+; A Bit of Light, with Oscar-winner Anna Paquin and Ray Winstone; Dive (La Caída), directed by Lucía Puenzo and starring Karla Souza, winner of two International Emmy Awards; La Extorsión, starring Guillermo Francella for Max;and The Freshly Cut Grass (El Aroma del Pasto Recién Cortado), starring Joaquín Furriel and Marina de Tavira, winner of Best Screenplay at the Tribeca Festival, with Martin Scorsese as executive producer.
Other standout titles include El Rapto, starring Rodrigo de la Serna; Kill The Jockey (El Jockey), winner of Best Film in the Horizontes Latinos section at the San Sebastián Film Festival, directed by Luis Ortega and starring Úrsula Corberó and Daniel Giménez Cacho, with Benicio del Toro as executive producer; the docuseries The Daughter of God (La Hija de Dios), featuring Dalma Maradona for Max; the Berlinale-winning short film An Odd Turn (Un Movimiento Extraño); and the animated feature Gigantes.
Upcoming projects include Glenrothan, directed by and starring Brian Cox; & Sons, written by Sarah Polley and directed by Pablo Trapero, starring Bill Nighy, Imelda Staunton, and Dominic West; and Barreda, starring Luis Machín, Carla Peterson, and Mercedes Morán for Amazon Prime Video.
ELEVATION PICTURES (Canada)
Founded in 2013, Elevation has become Canada’s leading entertainment company specializing in distribution and production. Elevation’s recent production projects include Golden Globe- nominated French Exit, starring Michelle Pfeiffer and Lucas Hedges; Alice, Darling, starring Anna Kendrick; Infinity Pool, starring Mia Goth and Alexander Skarsgård; A Good Person, starring Florence Pugh and Morgan Freeman; Bonjour Tristesse, starring Chloë Sevigny and Lily McInerny; documentary Lilith Fair: Building a Mystery, directed by Ally Pankiw and co- produced with Dan Levy; and upcoming titles Rapture, directed by Jordan Tannahill, and Fire Weather, directed by Jennifer Baichwal and Nicholas de Pencier.
The distribution arm is best known for releasing The Imitation Game, Moonlight, Everything Everywhere All At Once, Brother and BlackBerry. Most recent theatrical releases include Longlegs, Anora, Conclave, The Brutalist and Together. For more information, please visit elevationpictures.com.
FULL FILM CREDITS
TRICKY KNOT Presents BANKSIDE FILMS Presents
An INFINITY HILL
and
ELEVATION PICTURES Production
In Association with MEDIA FINANCE CAPITAL
In Association with
SCREEN CAPITAL/SCREEN ONE FUND MAVEN SCREEN MEDIA
LONY PRODUCTIONS ORIGINAL FILMS
OFF MEDIA CONTENT ENGINEERS
VIGILANTE PRODUCTIONS NATIVA CONTENIDOS RATPAC ENTERTAINMENT MATANZA
DOUBLE GARAGE FILMS
Produced with the Participation of TELEFILM CANADA
Produced in Association with CRAVE
A FILM BY PABLO TRAPERO
& SONS
DIRECTED BY
PABLO TRAPERO
SCREENPLAY BY SARAH POLLEY AND
PABLO TRAPERO
BASED ON THE NOVEL BY DAVID GILBERT
BILL NIGHY NOAH JUPE
GEORGE MACKAY JOHNNY FLYNN ANNA GEISLEROVÁ
ARTHUR CONTI with DOMINIC WEST
and IMELDA STAUNTON
Produced By
PHIN GLYNN AXEL KUSCHEVATZKY
CINDY TEPERMAN
Produced By CHRISTINA PIOVESAN EMILY KULASA
Produced By TRUDIE STYLER CELINE RATTRAY JACKIE DONOHOE
Produced By
PABLO TRAPERO
Executive Producers ALEXANDRA TYNION OLIVIA TYSON
Executive Producers
ORI EISEN PETER SOBILOFF MIKE SOBILOFF
Executive Producers RAJ KHAWARE KUNAL KHAWARE
Executive Producers
ALEJANDRO GUILLERMO ROEMMERS MANU FABEIRO
Executive Producers
JORGE PEREZ GAUDIO ANTONIO PITA NICOLAS VEINBURG RAMIRO NAVARRO ELIAS ORTIZ
Executive Producers CHARLES DORFMAN MARLON VOGELGESANG
Executive Producers PATRICIO RABUFFETTI TATIANA EMDEN JOYCE ZYLBERBERG RALPH HAIEK
Executive Producers YANA GEORGIEVA STEPHEN KELLIHER
Executive Producers
CHRIS JUPE KATY CAVANAGH-JUPE
Executive Producers LAURIE MAY NOAH SEGAL
DELFINA MONTECCHIA AJEETH PARKAL
Executive Producer
DAVID GILBERT
Executive Producers HÉLÈNE THÉODOLY MELINDA QUINTIN MICHAEL LEON CASSUTT CHARLOTTE DAUPHIN
- TODD HARRIS CHRISTOPHER D’CRUZ
DIVYA SHAHANI
Executive Producers
DIEGO KOLANKOWSKY
JULIANA WATES SANTIAGO POLI EDMUNDO MATTAR CARLOS GARDE
Executive Producers MARK GINGRAS BAHMAN NARAGHI KASIA NEIMAN PAUL TELEGDY JOHN GLENCROSS
Co-Producer
PATRICIA RYBARCZYK
Casting by
NINA GOLD
Director of Photography
DIEGO DUSSUEL
Editors PABLO TRAPERO GEMMA CABELLO
THOM SMALLEY, BFE
Costume Designer
ALLISON WYLDECK
Hair & Make-Up Designer
TARA MCDONALD
Production Designer
SONJA KLAUS
Composer
CRISTOBAL TAPIA DE VEER
RECENSIONE DI CATELLO MASULLO:
Pablo Trapero ci regala ancora una volta un film di rara sensibilità e acutezza nell’analisi delle dinamiche familiari, che arriva a toccare le corde profonde dell’animo. Affrontando temi molto sensibili, come quello della clonazione umana. (“Stiamo parlando di clonazione? / Preferirei parlare di “riflesso autonomo”!. È l’illuminante dialogo tra Jamie ed il padre). I rapporti interpersonali sono vivisezionati, anatomizzati in maniera superba. (“Ho passato anni a chiedermi perché donne come me rinuncino a tutto per uomini come te! / Si chiama amore!”. Lo scambio di battute tra Isabel e l’ex-marito). Tratto dall’omonimo romanzo di David Gilbert, & Sons è scritto da Trapero assieme Sarah Polley, premiata all’Oscar alla miglior sceneggiatura non originale nel 2023 per “Women Talking – Il diritto di scegliere”.
Attori superlativi, alle loro migliori interpretazioni di sempre, confezione accurata, direzione impeccabile. Da non perdere.
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