Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 

July 2 - 10, 2010


The Greatest
The Greatest

  • Colour, 35 mm
  • USA, 2008, 99 min
  • IP – International premiere
  • Section: Official Selection - Out of Competition
    Film screenings:
    2P2 - 4.7., 13:30, Cinema GH Pupp
  • Director: Shana Feste
  • Screenplay: Shana Feste
  • Dir. of Photography: John Bailey
  • Music: Christophe Beck
  • Designer: Bradley Schmidt
  • Editor: Cara Silverman
  • Producer: Lynette Howell, Beau St. Clair
  • Production: Silverwood Films, Barbarian Films
  • Sales: Kimmel International
  • Distributor: Bontonfilm, a.s.

Cast

Pierce Brosnan, Susan Sarandon, Carey Mulligan, Johnny Simmons, Aaron Johnson, Michael Shannon

Synopsis

The Greatest

The Greatest

The calm suburban life of the well-situated Brewer family is unexpectedly turned upside down by the shocking death of the elder son Bennett. Father, mother, and younger brother try to cope with the sudden loss of a loved one each in his or her own way. Then the voluntary isolation of their parallel worlds is “disturbed” by Bennett’s new girlfriend. She is determined to find out more about the young man with whom she shared a brief but fervid romance. Without slipping into superficial sentimentality, debut director Shana Feste has shot an unexpectedly mature study about coping with pain. Her intense psychological investigation under the seemingly idyllic surface of a middle-class family was inspired by Robert Redford’s Oscar-winning drama Ordinary People. The superb Susan Sarandon and Pierce Brosnan as the parents meet their acting match in one of the most talented contemporary actresses, Brit Carey Mulligan.

About the director

The Greatest

Shana Feste, screenwriter and director, was praised by critics and enthusiastic audiences alike at this year’s Sundance festival for her feature debut The Greatest (for which Pierce Brosnan, one of the stars of the film, also served as executive producer). Currently, she has a movie adaptation of the novel You’re Not You in the works, to be shot for actress Hilary Swank and producer Molly Smith’s production company 2S Films.

Film Guests

Shana Feste

Contacts

Bontonfilm, a.s.
Nádražní 23/344, 150 00 Praha 5
Česká republika
Tel: +420 257 415 111-2
Fax: +420 257 415 113
E-mail: info@bontonfilm.cz
www: www.bontonfilm.cz

Kimmel International
250 Hudson Street, 10th Floor, 10013 New York
USA
Tel: +1 212 431 5550
Fax: +1 212 431 5822
E-mail: kimmelny@skefilms.com
www: www.kimmelinternational.com

 

 

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