Da molti anni c’è un rapporto speciale tra il Sundance ed il Festival di Cannes, almeno sin da quando Sesso bugie e videotape vinse la Palam dopo aver debuttato a Park City.
Anche quest’anno i due film più discussi del Sundance saranno sulla Croisette. Fruitvale Station, che ha vinto il premio della giuria, sarà ad Un certain Regard, mentre Ain’t them bodies saints di David Lowery sarà invece alla Semaine de la critique come evento speciale.
Nel cast ci sono Casey Affleck, Rooney Mara, Ben Foster, Keith Carradine ed a molti è sembrato un riuscito incrocio tra Gangster Story e La rabbia giovane.
Bob Muldoon (Casey Affleck) and Ruth Guthrie (Rooney Mara), an impassioned young outlaw couple on an extended crime spree, are finally apprehended by lawmen after a shootout in the Texas hills. Although Ruth wounds a local officer, Bob takes the blame. But four years later, Bob escapes from prison and sets out to find Ruth and their daughter, born during his incarceration.
Set against the backdrop of 1970’s Texas Hill Country, first time director David Lowery paints a poetic picture, evoking the mythology of westerns and saturating the dramatic space with an aching sense of loss. Featuring powerful performances by Affleck and Mara as well as Ben Foster and Keith Carradine, AIN’T THEM BODIES SAINTS is a story of love, motherhood and searching for peace while faced with an unrelenting past.
