Todd Wiseman Jr.S “The school duel“Is an almost future dystopic thriller that you initially think you have seen before. Indie filmof their concept, evokes “The Hunger Games” and “Battle Royale.” But it has a cruelty to it, connected deeply to the US’s own current epidemic of school shooting and weapons culture that makes them possible, which also makes it absolutely unlike these films.
Indiewire debuts exclusively the first teaser for “The School Duel” below. The thriller stars then the 13-year-old Lawrence cake As a worried seventh classic, Samuel Miller recruited to Florida Governor’s shocking solution for mass school shooting: The school duel of the title, which beats teenage boys against each other in the arena fight, practices AR-15, shotgun and other dead weapons until only one is left. Some of the boys have been training for several years for the duel. Others are simply considered risky to commit school shooting themselves, and this is a twisted safety valve for their violence.
“The School Duel” premiered at Deauville American Film Festival in September last year, where it got Raves from the French press and won the Prix Canal+. Since then it has played on Miami Film Festival And the Sunscreen Film Festival, where it won the best narrative feature, best director and best script on April 26 (this author was on the jury).
Wiseman grew up in Tampa, Florida, before participating in the film program at New York University. The 37-year-old lived in New York for many years to launch his film career, direct or produce shorts with Christopher Abbott and Oscar Isaac. Wiseman also produced Emmy and IDa-nominated Netflix Short Documentary “Long Shot,” Which was about the real story of how images from “curb your enthusiasm” were used to clear an incorrectly accused man of murder. He has recently moved back to his hometown and filmed “The School Duel” largely around the Tampa Bay area.
The “school duel” also plays beloved “The Office” Alun Oscar Núñez in a definite laugh-free role: as the Florida Governor who thinks he is actually morally righteous to keep the school duel. A first look picture from the movie of him holding an AR-15 Went viral on Reddit recently. It Also Stars Christina Brucato (“The Menu”) in an Especialy Moving Turn as Samuel’s Mother, Rising Actor-Musician Frankie Midnight as the Game Marshal, and Character Actor Michael Sean Tighe (“Pirates of the Carbean: The Black” Pear “Pear” Servations as a kind of twisted mentor to Him, as well as actual “Hunger Games” Alum Eugenie Bondurant as headmaster of Samuel’s School.
But it is Lawrence, which conveys all threats and pathos from Travis Bickle, who will definitely be amazed with you. It is a performance that is heartbathing and cooling to the same extent.
Look at the teaser below.
“School Duelling” is currently seeking the US distribution and is represented for the sale of Anthony Buckner from AMPThat takes it to the Cannes market for sale.
