fan, you re in luck we ve got the unbearable weight of massive talent, in which the actor plays a comical version of himself. next up, playground, which is a rather more serious belgian drama about bullied children that takes place within a school. and finally, happening an award winning french drama set in the 1960s. and the title alone of your first choice isjust so brilliant. tell us more. well, i loved the idea of this as soon as i heard about it. so two guys write a screenplay about nicolas cage, or a crazy version of him, and persuade him to star in it. the idea is that nicolas cage is down on his luck or this version of him, anyway. and he s ailing in his career, things aren t going well with his family. he decides to take an offer from an eccentric billionaire, played by pedro pascal, to appear at his birthday party. so he gets paid $1 million to appear at this guy s birthday party in majorca what could go wrong? turns out the guy is suspected of kidnapping by
but it is very funny, meta, self referential hollywood comedy. and he is terrific at sending himself up in this. oh, well, that s good, he would need to be. interesting, thanks, anna. well, goodness, in the current climate, we all need something to laugh about, don t we? the second choice, my goodness, a very, very serious, very different. this is a very impressive, i think, debut from a belgian film maker, laura wandel. it s set in a school. it s about a young girl who starts going to her own brother s school. and they have a very sweet relationship at home, that s the impression we get. but at school, her brother won t speak to her. it turns out he ends up being bullied, and she is trying to protect him very sweetly from the bullies. she, being an innocent seven year old, thinks, i ll go to the teachers, i ll tell my parents. unfortunately, this only makes things worse for her brother, and a very complicated and difficult dynamic ensues in the school especially when she gets frie
from the bullies. she, being an innocent 7 year old, thinks, i ll go to the teachers, i ll tell my parents. unfortunately, this only makes things worse for her brother, and a very complicated and difficult dynamic ensues in the school especially when she gets friends who don t want to speak to her brother. and it s one of those films that really takes you back to those school days, and that feeling in the pit of your stomach, you know? and it s all shot from the viewpoint of the young girl, and you hardly ever see the adults, apart from when they crouch down to her height. yes, and that s really interesting. and in terms of how it s made, it is really clever, as you say. and again, remarkable child performances. i mean, extraordinary but oh, god, i mean, ijust had a knot in my stomach for the entire film. and i got to the end and i thought, this is really clever, but i never, ever want to see this film ever again. well, i ve seen it twice, and i do think it was worth it for m
that he is being bullied and she is trying to protect him from the bullies. she being in innocent seven year old says i ll go to the teachers, but unfortunately, this only makes things worse for her brother in a very complicated and difficult dynamic ensues in the school, especially when she gets friends they don t want to speak to her brother and it s one of those things that really takes you back to the school days, that feeling of the pit of your stomach. it is all shot from the viewpoint of the young girl and you hardly ever see the adults except when they crouch down to her height. and in terms of how it s made, it s really careful. a remarkable child performances. extraordinary. but, ijust had a knot in my stomach for the entire film and i got to the end of the film and thought this is really clever, but i never want to see this film ever again. i have seen it twice, and it was worth it, for myjob, and it is traumatic, and as an audience member, i probably would hesitate to go bu