Charles Marker / adult Prescott
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Plot. In 1919, an American boy has temporarily retreated to the French countryside with his father, an American diplomat who is there to help negotiate the Treaty of Versailles, and his mother, who is German born.
Jul 22, 2016 · The Childhood of a Leader. When it comes to films by twentysomething American actors making their debuts as writer-director-producers, Brady Corbet ’s “Childhood of a Leader” is singular in its defiance of conventional expectations. For one thing, Corbet doesn’t give himself a role in the film.
The Childhood of a Leader: Directed by Brady Corbet. With Bérénice Bejo, Liam Cunningham, Stacy Martin, Yolande Moreau. A chronicle of the childhood of a post-World War I leader.
The Childhood of a Leader mirrors the rise of fascism in post-WWI Europe with a well-acted, confidently crafted look at one young man's unsettling coming of...
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A chronicle of the childhood of a post-World War I leader. This chilling fable about the rise of fascism in the 20th Century tells the story of a young American boy living in France in 1918 whose father is working for the US government on the creation of the Treaty of Versailles.
Jul 21, 2016 · A visually sumptuous, slow-boil freakout set in France in the aftermath of World War I, it hinges on an unruly boy, Prescott (Tom Sweet), who goes to battle with his authoritarian parents as his ...
Jun 20, 2017 · A chilling coming-of-age tale about a future fascist leader, The Childhood of a Leader addresses the question with formal daring, bracing intelligence and emotional insight – but doesn’t leave us with any easy answers. Disconcertingly, the budding dictator looks like an angel.
