THE ASSISTANT (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Julia Garner (Grandma), Matthew Macfadyen (Frost/Nixon), Kristine Froseth (Low Tide), Makenzie Leigh (Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk), Noah Robbins (Miss Sloane), Dagmara Domińczyk (Kinsey), Purva Bedi (Ball & Chain), Alexander Chaplin (The Basketball Diaries), Juliana Canfield (film debut), Bregje Heinen (film debut), Patrick Wilson (The Conjuring)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Kitty Green (Casting JonBenet), director, writer, editor; P. Jennifer Dana (Brigsby Bear), Scott Macaulay (Off The Black) and James Schamus (Brokeback Mountain), producers; Tamar-Kali (Mudbound), composer; Michael Latham (Ukraine Is Not A Brothel), cinematographer; Blair McClendon (Mr. Soul!), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Jane (Garner), a recent college graduate and aspiring film producer, lands a job as a junior assistant for a major movie mogul. As Jane follows her routine throughout a single day, she grows increasingly aware of the questionable behaviour that her boss and male colleagues have towards their female peers, and soon discovers the insidious nature of the system that she has entered…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

With its timely themes of sexual inequality and workplace harassment, led by a powerhouse performance by Julia Garner, you’ll think twice about entering the film industry after seeing this.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 1ST MAY 2020 (AVAILABLE ON VOD)

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