The Deadline Studio at Sundance Film Festival runs January 20-23 at Hotel Park City, the place the solid and creatives behind one of the best and buzziest titles on this yr’s lineup sit down with Deadline’s competition workforce to debate their motion pictures and the paths they took to get to Park City.
YOUNG. WILD. FREE.
Section: Next
Director: Thembi L. Banks
Screenwriter: Juel Taylor, Tony Rettenmeir
Logline: Being an adolescent is tough, and Brandon (Algee Smith) isn’t any totally different. Between struggling in class, caring for his two youthful siblings, and having simply been let go from his job, Brandon typically makes use of his artwork as an escape from the confines of his subdued day-to-day life. Enter Cassidy (Sierra Capri), a bedazzled dangerous lady dripping in confidence, freedom, and hazard. Lured in by her whimsy, Brandon groups up with Cassidy, seamlessly slipping into the position of Clyde to her Bonnie as they make their approach down an more and more perilous path.
Panelists: Banks, Smith, Capri, Sanaa Lathan
Sales Agent: Confluential Films
Premiered: January 22, Library Center Theater
Key Quote: On inspiration for her wild gal Cassidy, Capri tells us, “I’ve a couple of girlfriends, however one particularly, she’s very wild, she does no matter she desires. She acts earlier than considering. One explicit story that really impressed me to make use of her as an inspiration for the character: We had been in New Orleans and a transferring ambulance was happening the road, and she or he jumped on the transferring ambulance and she or he’s like ‘Sierra, include me, come on.’ I’m like omigod, you’re Cassidy the particular person I’m going to play for the subsequent few weeks.”
The 2023 Sundance Film Festival takes place from January 19-29. Follow Deadline’s full protection of the offers and the doings in Park City here.
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