92% Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes from 50 reviews. Amongst the very best rated films on release:

BANSHEES OF INISHERIN 96%
LIVING 96%
THE QUIET GIRL 96%
BROKER 95%
JUNIPER 92%
THE FABELMANS 92%
WOMEN TALKING 91%
EMILY 90%
TAR 90%
THE MENU 89%
CORSAGE 88%
SHE SAID 87%
BLACK PANTHER-2 84%
BONES AND ALL 82%
AVATAR-2 77%
ARMAGEDDON TIME 76%
VIOLENT NIGHT 73%
TRIANGLE OF SADNESS 71%
A MAN CALLED OTTO 67%
THE WHALE 65%
WHITE NOISE 62%
BARDO 59%
TICKET TO PARADISE 57%
BABYLON 55%
EMPIRE OF LIGHT 45%
WHITNEY HOUSTON 43%
AMSTERDAM 32%

Bif&st 2021 International Award for Best Lead Actress to
CHARLOTTE RAMPLING

“With this award the jury would like to celebrate a queen of cinema and of the European art of acting. Charlotte Rampling in Juniper performs masterfully in the role of a woman who, while facing her mortality, deeply loves life.”

Logline

When a self-destructive teenager is suspended from school and asked to look after his feisty alcoholic grandmother as a punishment, the crazy time they spend together turns his life around.

Cast

Charlotte Rampling – Ruth

(Academy Award nominee 2016 [45YEARS], Silver Bear winner 2015 [45 YEARS], Venice Film Festival Best Actress winner 2017 [HANNAH], Golden Globe nominee 2017, Emmy nominee 2013, four-time César Award nominee). Credits include: RED SPARROW, THE SENSE OF AN ENDING, 45 YEARS, YOUNG AND BEAUTIFUL, NIGHT TRAIN TO LISBON, MELANCHOLIA, NEVER LET ME GO, THE DUCHESS, BABYLON A.D., SWIMMING POOL, SPY GAME and this currently can be seen in DUNE directed by Denis Villeneuve & BENEDETTA directed by Paul Verhoeven.

Marton Csokas – Robert

(Australian Film Institute Award winner, Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Award nominee). Credits include: LOVING, THE EQUALIZER, SIN CITY: A DAME TO KILL FOR, THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2, NOAH, ABRAHAM LINCOLN:VAMPIRE HUNTER, DREAMHOUSE, THE DEBT, ALICE IN WONDERLAND, THE BOURNE SUPREMACY, xXx, THE LORD OF THE RINGS TRILOGY.

George Ferrier – Sam

(KIWI CHRISTMAS, JOURNEY OF A STORY. TV series: POWER RANGERS BEAST MORPHERS, DIRTY LAUNDRY)

Filmmakers

Writer/director: Matthew J. Saville (DIVE – Telluride Short of the Week)

Producers: Desray Armstrong (STRAY, production manager SLOW WEST, Z FOR ZACHARIAH, production coordinator MORTAL ENGINES, WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS)

Angela Littlejohn (SEPARATION CITY, APRON STRINGS,SHOW OF HANDS, line producer SLOW WEST)

Status

Completed

SPP:  Jan 26 2020

CREDITS NOT CONTRACTUAL