fan, you re in luck we ve got the unbearable weight of massive talent, in which the actor plays a comical version of himself. next up, playground, which is a rather more serious belgian drama about bullied children that takes place within a school. and finally, happening an award winning french drama set in the 1960s. and the title alone of your first choice isjust so brilliant. tell us more. well, i loved the idea of this as soon as i heard about it. so two guys write a screenplay about nicolas cage, or a crazy version of him, and persuade him to star in it. the idea is that nicolas cage is down on his luck or this version of him, anyway. and he s ailing in his career, things aren t going well with his family. he decides to take an offer from an eccentric billionaire, played by pedro pascal, to appear at his birthday party. so he gets paid $1 million to appear at this guy s birthday party in majorca what could go wrong? turns out the guy is suspected of kidnapping by
again, not an easy subject to deal with, but i found it very compelling to watch, especially knowing that it s inspired by a true story. yes, it s a hard watch as a woman, and she s at university and, you know, some of those women that she s in her literature lectures with are among those who are the least helpful to her. you think, where s the female solidarity here? this is the heartbreaking aspect of this film. like, it sets up herfriends they re having a great time together, they have a lovely camaraderie, a lovely bond. and i felt that what this film is saying is that the law was turning these women against each other and making it so that they couldn t even help each other. and it ends up being a film about loneliness, i think a very social young woman is ending up with nobody to turn to. it s very powerful. yes, powerful is the word, isn t it? very, very powerfulfilm, and of its time you know, this is in the early 60s, isn t it? so, yeah, really, really, really intere
them into housewives . and the predicament that she s in here is that nobody will help her as he says, they could end up in prison. and i think that puts a real ticking clock in this film. i mean, it is almost a thriller because you re with her every step of the way, trying to see this rather desperate journey that she s on, which, as you say, does have some modern day relevance, i think. and it s a beautiful performances again, not an easy subject to deal with, but i found it very compelling to watch, especially knowing that it s inspired by a true story. yes, it s a hard watch as a woman, and she s at university and, you know, some of those women that she s in her literature lectures with are among those who are the least helpful to her. you think, where s the female solidarity here? this is the heartbreaking aspect of this film. like, it sets up herfriends they re having a great time together, they have a lovely camaraderie, a lovely bond. and i felt that what this film is s