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Kinds Of Kindness

Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos
2024
Ireland, UK, US
165 minutes
MA 15+
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This Cannes Competition contender from Yorgos Lanthimos (Alps, Sydney Film Prize 2012; Poor Things) is a darkly hilarious triptych fable starring Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons and Willem Dafoe. Best Actor Winner - Jesse Plemons Cannes 2024.

The opening chapter of Kinds of Kindness follows a man who appears to lead a very happy and successful life. But we soon learn that he is in an iron grip – when he rebels and tries to take back control, the odds are stacked against him. Next, a cop is relieved when his wife, lost at sea while conducting research, is rescued. But then he becomes convinced that she is not who she says she is – that a doppelganger has returned in her place. Finally, a duo conducts a search for a person with a very particular skill to occupy an elevated position in a spiritual sect seemingly built on sex. Reuniting with writing collaborator Efthymis Filippou (Dogtooth, The Lobster), Lanthimos explores three transgressive and bizarre scenarios, with surreal twists and turns along the way. Stone, Plemons and Dafoe are joined by a brilliant group of players – Hong Chau, Joe Alwyn, Mamoudou Athie and Hunter Schafer – in these strange, surprising and subversive tales.

Limited seats are available for patrons requiring access for wheelchairs, low vision and hearing loop. Please contact our ticketing team directly on 1300 733 733 or tickets@sff.org.au to complete your booking.
It’s truly bizarre and wonderful that this Greek provocateur who makes aggressively alienating movies keeps going from major gala to major gala, accruing Oscars and hot-movie-star collaborators along the way
Bilge Ebiri, Vulture
Kinds of Kindness is a towering monument to Plemons' talent
David Ehrlich, Vulture
A fascinatingly unpredictable exploration of such subjects as love, faith, and in particular, control
David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter

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Sat 8 Jun
8:30pm
State Theatre
Assisted Listening
Wheelchair
Past Event Cancel
Mon 10 Jun
9:30am
State Theatre
Assisted Listening
Wheelchair
Past Event Cancel
Wed 12 Jun
7pm
Ritz Randwick - Cinema 1
Assisted Listening
Wheelchair
Past Event Cancel
Program Strand
Official Competition
Year
2024
Classification
MA 15+
Country
Ireland, UK, US
Language
In English
Director
Yorgos Lanthimos
Producer
Yorgos Lanthimos, Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe, Kasia Malipan
Cast
Jesse Plemons, Willem Dafoe, Emma Stone
Screenwriter
Yorgos Lanthimos, Efthymis Filippou
Cinematographer
Robbie Ryan
Editor
Yorgos Mavropsaridis
Premiere
Australian Premiere
Genre
Comedies, Cinephile, Off-Beat, Cannes Selected
Company Credits
Australian Distributor: The Walt Disney Company
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