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Kinds of Kindness

Synopsis

A triptych fable, following a man without choice who tries to take control of his own life; a policeman who is alarmed that his wife who was missing-at-sea has returned and seems a different person; and a woman determined to find a specific someone with a special ability, who is destined to become a prodigious spiritual leader.
Official Selection Cannes Film Festival 2024 - In Competition - World premiere

Details

Year
2024
Type of film
Features
Director
Yorgos Lanthimos
Producer
Ed Guiney, Yorgos Lanthimos, Andrew Lowe, Kasia Malipan
Executive Producer
Daniel Battsek, Louise Lovegrove, Ollie Madden
Editor
Yorgos Mavropsaridis
Screenwriter
Efthimis Filippou, Yorgos Lanthimos
Director of Photography
Robbie Ryan
Production Designer
Anthony Gasparro
Composer
Jerskin Fendrix
Principal cast
Emma Stone, Hong Chau, Margaret Qualley, Hunter Schafer, Joe Alwyn, Willem Dafoe, Mamoudou Athie, Jesse Plemmons
Film Title Note
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Genre

Drama Comedy

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Ireland, UK, US co-production

Element Pictures (IE, UK), Film4 (UK), Searchlight Pictures (US), TSG Entertainment (US)

Element Pictures

22-25 Eastcastle Street
London
W1W 8DF

Film4

Sales Company

Searchlight Pictures

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