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The Childhood of a Leader is a 2015 historical drama film, co-written, co-produced and directed by Brady Corbet, [7] in his feature film directorial debut. [8] It is loosely based on Jean-Paul Sartre 's short story of the same name, published in 1939 in a collection entitled The Wall. [9]
Mar 16, 2015 · “The Childhood of a Leader is billed as “a chilling fable about the rise of fascism in the 20th Century†. It tells the story of a young American living in France in 1918 whose father is working for the US government on the creation of the Treaty of Versailles.
Jun 14, 2016 · “The Childhood of a Leader” tells the story of a young American boy (Tom Sweet) coming of age in a snowbound pocket of rural France circa 1918. His young yet severe mother (“The Artist ...
Aug 18, 2016 · Young first-time director Brady Corbet’s powerful film follows the boyhood of a fictional demagogue. From left, Liam Cunningham, Tom Sweet, Bérénice Bejo and Robert Pattinson in 'The...
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.
Jul 22, 2016 · The script that Corbet wrote with Mona Fastvold is reportedly based on a 1939 piece of the same title by Jean-Paul Sartre, and its central idea has been understood as positing a certain psychological background for fascist leaders. But if anyone looks to Corbet’s film for a rigorous working-out of that notion, they’re bound to emerge ...
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Jul 19, 2016 · Based on a 1939 short story of the same name by Jean-Paul Sartre, The Childhood of a Leader deemphasizes its source’s psychological complexities.
