Commercial opportunities in the United States are gradually drying up for Rory (Jude Law), a commodity broker, so he moves with his family to his native England with its promise of a lucrative new beginning. Could the sumptuous but secluded mansion outside London become a real home for them? This unsettling, aesthetically precise drama is significantly set in the era of the thriving economic liberalism of Reagan’s America.
Synopsis
Commercial opportunities in the United States are gradually drying up for Rory (Jude Law), a commodity broker, so he moves with his family to his native England with its promise of a lucrative new beginning. Could the sumptuous but secluded mansion outside London become a real home for them? And what price are they prepared to pay in order for Rory to secure his dream contract, a deal that would propel him to the highest echelons of society? This unsettling, aesthetically precise drama examines man’s inflated attitude to wealth and is significantly set in the era of the thriving economic liberalism of Reagan’s America.
Martin Horyna
About the film
107 min / Color, DCP
Director Sean Durkin
/ Screenplay Sean Durkin
/ Dir. of Photography Mátyás Erdély
/ Music Richard Reed Parry
/ Editor Matthew Hannam
/ Art Director Tilly Scandrett, Ciara Vernon
/ Producer Ed Guiney, Derrin Schlesinger, Rose Garnett, Sean Durkin
/ Production FilmNation Entertainment
/ Coproduction Element Pictures, Elevation Pictures, BBC Films
/ Cast Jude Law, Carrie Coon, Anne Reid, Charlie Shotwell, Oona Roche
/ Sales M2 Films
/ Distributor Aerofilms
About the director
Sean Durkin (1981, Canada). Selected filmography: Mary Last Seen (2010, short), Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011), The Nest (2020).
Contacts
M2 Films
Czerniakowska 73/79, 00718, Warszaw
Poland
Phone: +48 226 021 019
E-mail: info@m2films.pl
Aerofilms
Milady Horákové 383/79, 170 00, Praha 7
Czech Republic
Phone: +420 224 947 566
E-mail: info@aerofilms.cz
