It might be the final day of the Cannes Movie Pageant’s Official Choice lineup, however there’s nonetheless loads of motion on the Palais. Josh O’Connor was on the town this night for the world premiere of Kelly Reichardt’s newest, The Mastermind, which obtained an 8-minute ovation and is the ultimate film within the Competitors. Will probably be adopted later tonight by the Midnight displaying of Ethan Coen’s Honey Don’t!
Alana Haim (Licorice Pizza) additionally stars in The Mastermind. Set in a sedate nook of Massachusetts circa 1970, the story follows JB Mooney (O’Connor), an unemployed carpenter turned beginner artwork thief, who plans his first huge heist. When issues go haywire, his life unravels.
Additionally within the solid are John Magaro, Hope Davis, Invoice Camp, Gaby Hoffmann, Amanda Plummer, Eli Gelb, Cole Doman, Javion Allen, Matthew Maher and Rhenzy Feliz.
Mubi will distribute in choose territories, retaining rights in North America, UK, Eire, Latin America, Germany, Austria, Benelux, Turkey and India. The Match Manufacturing unit is dealing with worldwide gross sales.
That is Reichardt’s second movie in Competitors after 2022’s Exhibiting Up. Her Wendy and Lucy was in Un Sure Regard in 2008.
In-demand Brit actor O’Connor was in Cannes earlier this week with Oliver Hermanus’ The Historical past Of Sound and has been solid in Steven Spielberg’s subsequent mission. Haim will subsequent be seen in Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After One other and alongside Robert Pattinson and Zendaya in A24’s The Drama.
The Mastermind producers are Neil Kopp, Anish Savjani and Vincent Savino of filmscience.
