Day one of the Sundance Film Festival has come and gone, and while it doesn't really kick into high gear until today, some movies are already starting to emerge as ones to look out for. One of those is Ariel Kleinman's Partisan, which stars the always-commanding Vincent Cassel in the story of a young boy trying to become a man in a community that doesn't value free expression. Here's the official synopsis:
"The charismatic Gregori (Vincent Cassel) saunters into a hospital maternity ward and charms new mother Susanna. Eleven years later, she and her son Alexander live in Gregori’s closed community, sheltering vulnerable women and their brood in a haven isolated from the outside world. Alexander is Gregori’s prize pupil, eldest son, and star employee in the cottage industry—in which the kids are trained to run dangerous errands to provide for the group—but Gregori feels threatened by the boy’s inquisitive nature, struck by the fear that his child might not love him anymore. Meanwhile, Alexander begins to think for himself."
A new trailer for the film has been released ahead of its premiere this weekend. Check it out below!
