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Budget. $5 million [5] Box office. $245,546 [6] 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.
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...
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 ...
- Brady Corbet
Nov 5, 2020 · Their only child (10-year-old Tom Sweet) is a troubled boy made more so by the cold discipline imposed on him by his parents but welcoming the warmth of a friendly maid (Yolande Moreau). A teacher (Stacy Martin) is brought in to help him speak French, but she too finds him difficult.
- Mansel Stimpson
Synopsis. 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 witnesses a chilling rise of authoritarianism. His experiences mould his beliefs - and we witness the birth of a terrifying ego.
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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.
