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2014 | Color | 111

Benjie is a child star. His mother manages his career. His father, a successful writer and “star trainer” has Havana Segrand as his main client, whom he is helping to achieve her potential, as a woman and as an actress. Segrand’s assistant is a pyromaniac girl trying to get together with the handsome chauffeur, who himself aspires to fame... In Hollywood, everyone’s obsessed with recognition, but the dream is just an illusion.


Country: Canadá
Direction: Cronenberg; David
Script: Wagner; Bruce
Production: Merkt; Michel, Ben Saïd; Saïd, Katz; Martin
Photography: Suschitzky; Peter
Sound: O'Farrell; Michael, Griffin; Wayne, Cantin; Nicolás
Music: Shore; Howard
Cast:Moore; Julianne, Wasikowska; Mia
Art direction: Galbraith; Elinor
Participation year at FICM: 2014

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