Project Detail

Manodrome

Name: Manodrome
Director: John Trengove
Genre: Drama, Action
Released: 2023
Duration: 95 min

Synopsis

Ralphie is young and healthy and his girlfriend is pregnant. Yet things do not feel quite right. His job as an Uber driver is neither gratifying nor financially secure. His relationship with his body may also be built on shaky foundations. When he is inducted into a libertarian masculinity cult, the tensions that have been growing inside him surface. Ralphie begins to lose his grip on reality.
Official Selection Berlin International Film Festival 2023 - Competition - World premiere

Details

Year: 2023
Type of project: Features
Running time: 95 min
Director: John Trengove
Producer: Gina Gammell, Ben Giladi, Riley Keough, Ryan Zacarias
Executive Producer: Alexander Akoka, Pastor Alvarado III, Thomas Benski, Nicolaas Bertelsen, Len Blavatnik, Michael Clofine, Casey Fuller, Michael Goodin, Robbie Gottlieb, Peter L. Kaufman, Gary Leff, Brian A. Loscchiavo, Christian Mercuri, Jeff Molyneaux, Pia Patatian, Clar
Editor: Julie Monroe, Matthew Swanepoel
Screenwriter: John Trengove
Director of Photography: Wyatt Garfield
Composer: Christopher Stracey
Principal cast: Jesse Eisenberg, Odessa Young, Adrien Brody, Sallieu Sesay

Genre

Drama Action

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

US, UK co-production

Capstone Studios (US) presents a Felix Culpa (US), Liminal Content (UK) production in association with Pulse Films (UK), Riverside Entertainment (US)

Pulse Films

Stapleton House
29-33 Scrutton Street
London
EC2A 4HU

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Sales Company

Capstone Global

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