Texas-based distributors Well Go USA Entertainment have sent us the official U.S. trailer for Australian filmmaker Ariel Kleiman's directorial debut, Partisan (2015), starring Vincent Cassel, Jeremy Chabriel, and Florence Mezzara. The film will open in theaters across the nation on October 2.
Earlier this year, Partisan won Best Cinematography Award/World Cinema - Dramatic
(Germain McMicking) at the Sundance Film Festival.
A Blu-ray release is expected to be announced later this year.
Synopsis: On the edge of a crumbling city, 11-year-old Alexander (Jeremy Chabriel) lives in a sequestered commune, alongside other children, their mothers, and charismatic leader, Gregori (Vincent Cassel). Gregori teaches the children how to raise livestock, grow vegetables, work as a community - and how to kill. As Alexander nears his first job as an assassin, he begins to question the ways of the commune, particularly Gregori's quiet but overpowering influence. Threatened by Alexander's increasing unwillingness to fall in line, Gregori's behavior turns erratic and adversarial toward the child he once considered a son. With the two set dangerously at odds and the commune's way of life disintegrating, the residents fear a violent resolution is at hand in this Sundance award-winning thriller.