12TH JUNE 2024
LIST OF FILMS ABOUT PROTAGONISTS OVERCOMING AN IDENTITY CRISIS OR EXPERIENCING ANXEITY ABOUT THEIR FUTURE
LIST OF FILMS ABOUT PROTAGONISTS OVERCOMING AN IDENTITY CRISIS OR EXPERIENCING ANXEITY ABOUT THEIR FUTURE
DRIFT (2023) DIR. BY ANTHONY CHEN
BASED ON A NOVEL BY ALEXANDER MAKSIK AND STARRING CYNTHIS ERIVO AND ALIA SHAWKAT, THE FILM UNFOLDS A PERSONAL DRAMA OF A SYRIAN REFUGEE JACQULINE AND HER FRIENDSHIP WITH AN AMERICAN TOUR GUIDE ON A GREEK ISLAND.
BASED ON A NOVEL BY ALEXANDER MAKSIK AND STARRING CYNTHIS ERIVO AND ALIA SHAWKAT, THE FILM UNFOLDS A PERSONAL DRAMA OF A SYRIAN REFUGEE JACQULINE AND HER FRIENDSHIP WITH AN AMERICAN TOUR GUIDE ON A GREEK ISLAND.
LADY BIRD (2017) DIR. BY GRETA GERWIG
AN AMERICAN TEEN CHRISTINE IS IN HER SENIOR YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL AND LIVES WITH HER MOM (ANNETTE BENING), WHO IS A SINGLE PARENT. ONE DAY CHRISTINE CONFRONTS HER (AS HER WHOLE SCHOOL) THAT SHE ADOPTS A NEW NAME, LADY BIRD. GRETA GERWIG’S DIRECTORIAL DEBUT WITH A COMMING-OF-AGE DRAMA.
AN AMERICAN TEEN CHRISTINE IS IN HER SENIOR YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL AND LIVES WITH HER MOM (ANNETTE BENING), WHO IS A SINGLE PARENT. ONE DAY CHRISTINE CONFRONTS HER (AS HER WHOLE SCHOOL) THAT SHE ADOPTS A NEW NAME, LADY BIRD. GRETA GERWIG’S DIRECTORIAL DEBUT WITH A COMMING-OF-AGE DRAMA.
THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD (2021)
DIR. BY JOACHIM TRIER
THE LAST FROM TRIER’S TRILOGY, THE FILM FOLLOWS TWISTS AND TURNS IN JULIE’S LIFE, AS SHE REBELS TO DISCOVER HER LIFE FOR HERSELF AGAIN. (SCREAMING SATURN RETURN.)
LOST IN TRANSLATION (2002)
DIR. BY SOFIA COPPOLA
A CLASSIC THAT EARNED COPPOLA HER FIRST OSCAR AND TOOK ITS PERMANENT PLACE IN POPCULTURE WITH THE IMAGE OF SCARLETT JOHANSSON IN A PINK WIG AND BILL MURRAY SEATING AGAINST A ZEBRA PATTERN WALLPAPER BACKGROUND. THE FILM FOLLOWS TWO OVERLAPPING STORIES: A CRISIS IN A LIFE OF A SUCCESSFUL HOLLYWOOD STAR BOB HARRIS AND A SATURN-RETURN IDENTITY CRISIS OF CHARLOTTE.
DIR. BY SOFIA COPPOLA
A CLASSIC THAT EARNED COPPOLA HER FIRST OSCAR AND TOOK ITS PERMANENT PLACE IN POPCULTURE WITH THE IMAGE OF SCARLETT JOHANSSON IN A PINK WIG AND BILL MURRAY SEATING AGAINST A ZEBRA PATTERN WALLPAPER BACKGROUND. THE FILM FOLLOWS TWO OVERLAPPING STORIES: A CRISIS IN A LIFE OF A SUCCESSFUL HOLLYWOOD STAR BOB HARRIS AND A SATURN-RETURN IDENTITY CRISIS OF CHARLOTTE.
JUNO (2007) DIR. BY JASON REITMAN
WRITTEN BY DIABLO CODY, WHO WAS ACKOWLEDGED WITH AN OSCAR FOR THIS, A COMING-OF-AGE DRAMA THAT PORTRAYS A PREGNANT TEEN JUNO (THE FILM HAS MICHEAL SERA AS A FATHER OF THE BABY... I KNOW!).
DEVIL WEARS PRADA (2006)
DIR. BY DAVID FRANKEL
SEEMS NOW AN ICONIC FILM FOR EVERYONE WHO WORKS IN FASHION OR LOVES PRADA. THE RUMOUR WAS THAT THIS BOOK-TURNED-FILM WAS THE REASON FOR ANNA WINTOUR TO WEAR PRADA EXCLUSIVELY FOR ALL EVENTS. THE FILM DEPICTS ANDY, AN ASPIRING JOURNALIST STARTING HER CAREER IN AN IDUSTRY SHE WANTED TO BE LEAST BUT SOMEHOW SUCEEDED IN.
ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT (2024)
DIR. BY PAYAL KADAPIA
THE FIRST IN 30 YEARS FILM-COMPETITOR IN CANNES FILM FESTIVAL FROM INDIA AND THE ONE TO EARN THE 2024 GRAND PRIX. REFERENCING AND HOMAGING THE GREATEST OF THE INDIAN CINEMA (INCLUDING SATYAJIT RAY), THE FILM UNFOLDS LIFE STORIES OF TWO ROOMMATES AND COLLEAGUES FROM MUMBAI PRABHA AND ANU AS THEY GO ONTO A SPONTANEOUS TRIP TO THE SEASIDE.
AD ASTRA (2019) DIR. BY JAMES GREY
A SCI-FI THAT FOLLOWS BRAD PITT’S CHARACTER ON HIS JOURNEY TO FACE HIS FATHER IN A FAR AWAY SPACE TO CONFRONT HIMSELF AND SAVE THE WORLD. A VERY AESTHETICALLY PLEASING FILM.
TWO OR THREE THINGS I KNOW ABOUT HER (1967) DIR. BY JEAN LUC GODARD
GODARD’S GROUND-BRAKING MASTERPIECE WITH STUNNING MARINA VLADY AS A LEAD, ABOUT A WIFE AND A MOTHER BY NIGHT AND A PROSTITUTE BY DAY.
THE MAN OF THE YEAR (2003)
DIR. BY JOSÉ ENRIQUE FONSECA
MURILO BENICIO IN A DRAMA ABOUT A CRAZY YEAR IN A LIFE OF A MAN WHOSE ON-A-DARE BLEACHED HAIR CHANGED HIS PERSONALITY.
BHAJI ON THE BEACH (1993) DIR. BY GURINDER CHADHA
A ROAD FILM BY A BRITISH SIKH FILM DIRECTOR THAT MADE AN ICONIC BEND IT LIKE BEKHAM (2003). THE STORY FOLLOWS A GROUP OF SOUTH ASIAN BRITISH WOMEN OF DIFFERENT AGES ON THEIR TRAVEL TO BLACKPOOL.
Yours,
5TO9 FC TEAM