The jury at this year’s Cannes Film Festival decided to give the award for best debut film to the extraordinarily convincing look at the life of today’s members of the Oglala Lakota subtribe of the Sioux nation. The directorial duo masterfully guides the viewer through two interconnected storylines set in the inhospitable reality of the Pine Ridge Reservation. An evocative film about the search for one’s place in a world where the descendants of America’s first people still cannot shake the stigma of discrimination.
The jury at this year’s Cannes Film Festival decided to give the award for best debut film to the extraordinarily convincing look at the life of today’s members of the Oglala Lakota subtribe of the Sioux nation. The directorial duo masterfully guides the viewer through two interconnected storylines set in the inhospitable reality of the Pine Ridge Reservation. While the enterprising twentysomething Bill has no trouble stretching the law on his journey towards the “American dream,” impulsive preteen Matho is forced to grow up fast. An evocative film about the search for one’s place in a world where the descendants of America’s first people still cannot shake the stigma of discrimination.
Karel Och
114 min / Color, DCP
Director Riley Keough, Gina Gammell
/ Screenplay Franklin Sioux Bob, Bill Reddy, Riley Keough, Gina Gammell
/ Dir. of Photography David Gallego
/ Music Christopher Stracey & Mato Wayuhi
/ Sound Jeremy Emery
/ Editor Affonso Gonçalves, Eduardo Serrano, Ernie Gilbert
/ Art Director Scout Dougan
/ Producer Bert Hamelinck, Sacha Ben Harroche, Ryan Zacarias, Willi White, Gina Gammell, Riley Keough
/ Production Caviar
/ Cast Jojo Bapteise Whiting, Ladainian Crazy Thunder
/ Sales Protagonist Pictures
Riley Keough (1989, Santa Monica, USA) and Gina Gammell (England). Joint filmography: War Pony (2022).
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