Synecdoche, New York
Dir: Charlie Kaufman
USA, 2008, English, 124mins, DCP
Cast: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Samantha Morton, Michelle Williams
Philip Seymour Hoffman gives one of his most affecting performances in Charlie Kaufman’s directorial debut as Caden Cotard, a theatre director based in New York. After his wife left with their young child, he loses himself in the creation of a magnum opus that aspires to recreate its participants’ real-life existence. As life imitates art imitating life in a selfreflexive mise en abyme, Cotard finds his own existence being swallowed up by his theatrical project, as he struggles to realise his artistic ambitions amidst failing personal relationships and the onset of sickness and death.
Cannes Film Festival: In Competition
4/2 (Sat): Film talk with Philip Yung
Screening:
In-theatre Screening
Back to the Screen
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17:00
PREMIERE Elements (Venue)
Hong Kong Arts Centre Louis Koo Cinema (Venue)
HK Science Museum Lecture Hall
Hong Kong Film Archive
K11 Art House
The Metroplex
Festival Grand Cinema
the sky
MCL Telford Cinema
Tai Kwun
MOViE MOViE
CINE FAN ONLINE
EMP Cinemas iSQUARE (Venue)
M+ Cinema (Venue)
EMP Cinemas Times Square (Venue)
The Grand Cinema
Broadway Hollywood
Cine Moko
Chinese Subtitles
Category III
Post-screening discussion with the director
Director and/or actor(s) will meet the audience
Post-screening talk
Full House
Introduction