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
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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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