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A Most Violent Year

Instrueret af: J. C. Chandor

Spilletid: 125 minutter

Kontakt: Peter Sølvsten Thomsen, [email protected]

Premiere: 11. Juni

Længde: 125 minutter

Censur: tbc

Premierebiografer: Grand Teatret, Dagmar, Lyngby, Palads, CinemaxX (Århus, Odense og København, Øst for Paradis, Café Biografen Odense, Bio City Århus, Horsens, Roskilde og Gentofte m.fl.

Dansk synopsis:

I dramaet A Most Violent Year følger vi den ambitiøse olieentreprenør Abel Morales, spillet af , der kæmper for sin amerikanske drøm og en omfattende udvidelse af sin virksomhed. Året er 1981, og vi befinder os i et vinterkoldt New York, hvor kriminalitetsraten er på sit højeste. Oliebranche præges af både vold og korruption, og Morales sættes under yderligere pres, da hans virksomhed kommer i myndighedernes søgelys.

Overfor Oscar Isaac spiller rollen som den stilede, cigaretrygende hustru Anna, hvis måde at håndtere parrets problemer på, både udfordrer forholdet og forsøget på at redde virksomheden.

Kontakt: Peter Sølvsten Thomsen, [email protected]

Cast and crew

Oscar Isaac

Born in 1980 in Guatemala, actor Oscar Isaac loved to act and make music growing up in Miami, Florida. He landed a number of film roles after graduating from the Juillard School in 2005. Isaac played Joseph in 2006'sThe Nativity Story. He then went on to supporting parts in such films asRobin Hood (2010), Drive(2011) and W.E. (2011). In 2013, Isaac starred in the critically acclaimed Inside Llewyn Davis.

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Jessica Chastain

Born Jessica Howard, Jessica Chastain attended Juilliard and then began landing roles on TV shows such as ER and Veronica Mars. Her acting career took off in 2011, when she appeared in the blockbuster The Help and the lauded Tree of Life.

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David Oyelowo

Born in Oxford, England, on April 1, 1976, honed his passion for acting into award-winning stage work, as seen with dramas like Henry VIand Prometheus Bound. His TV projects have included Spooks, As You Like It, Small Island andThe No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, and he has starred in big-screen ventures like The Paperboy, Middle of Nowhere, Lincoln,The Butler and Interstellar.

Kontakt: Peter Sølvsten Thomsen, [email protected]

Elyes Gabel

Elyes Gabel was born on May 8, 1983 in , England. He is an actor, known forWorld War Z (2013), Interstellar (2014) and (1986). His first major role was as Gurpreet "Guppy" Sandhu on Casualty (1986) from 2004-2007, airing on BBC One. From this role, Gable was nominated for "Best Newcomer" at the 2005 National Television Awards (UK). He also portrayed at least two other characters on "Casualty," before being cast as Guppy, Jean-Claude Tournier in a 2001 episode, and Jude in a 2004 episode.

Kontakt: Peter Sølvsten Thomsen, [email protected]

Instruktør

J.C. Chandor is a writer and director, known for Giftig viden (2011), A Most Violent Year(2014) and (2013). His second feature film All Is Lost was screened Out of Competition at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival. It received critical acclaim, especially for Robert Redford's solo performance which featured almost no dialogue, for which Redford won the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor, and was nominated for the Golden Globe Award and Critics' Choice Award.

Kontakt: Peter Sølvsten Thomsen, [email protected]