The Childhood of a Leader (2015)

Directed by

Brady Corbet

Genre

drama film

Country

United Kingdom, France, United States

Runtime

1h 55m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.1 of 10 from 188 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Set just after World War I, this film follows a young American boy living in France with his diplomat father and aloof mother. As he deals with rejection and harsh discipline, he begins to show signs of a cruel and authoritarian nature that later shapes his rise as a fascist leader.

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What happens

The Childhood of a Leader is a 2015 historical coming-of-age psychological drama film co-written, co-produced and directed by Brady Corbet in his directorial debut. It is loosely based on Jean-Paul Sartre's short story of the same name, published in 1939 in a collection entitled The Wall. Corbet co-wrote the screenplay with his partner Mona Fastvold. An international co-production between the United States, the United Kingdom, Hungary, Sweden, France, Canada and Belgium, the film chronicles the childhood of a fascist leader in the period immediately following World War I. Production began in early 2015, in Budapest, (Hungary). The film had its world premiere in competition in the Horizon section at the 72nd Venice International Film Festival on 5 September 2015, and won two awards at the festival, Best Debut film and Best Director. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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