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Nitram star Caleb Landry Jones has won best performance by an actor at the Cannes Film Festival.
In the Justin Kurzel-directed film, the American actor portrays the gunman who committed the 1996 Port Arthur massacre in Tasmania, which killed 35 people and wounded 23 others.
Starring alongside are Judy Davis as his mother, Anthony Lapaglia as his father, and Essie Davis as a woman who befriends him.
Scripted by Kurzel’s frequent collaborator Shaun Grant, the film focuses not on the events of the massacre itself, rather the lead up, in an attempt to understand how and why it occurred.
As well as the Cannes recognition, Jones’ portrayal of the murderer has been hailed by critics in early reviews.
Writing in Deadline, Todd McCarthy says the actor “nails the kind of over-friendly, manically aggressive type people want to avoid.”
“The performance certainly will accrue him fresh admiration and attention.”
Variety’s Jessica...
In the Justin Kurzel-directed film, the American actor portrays the gunman who committed the 1996 Port Arthur massacre in Tasmania, which killed 35 people and wounded 23 others.
Starring alongside are Judy Davis as his mother, Anthony Lapaglia as his father, and Essie Davis as a woman who befriends him.
Scripted by Kurzel’s frequent collaborator Shaun Grant, the film focuses not on the events of the massacre itself, rather the lead up, in an attempt to understand how and why it occurred.
As well as the Cannes recognition, Jones’ portrayal of the murderer has been hailed by critics in early reviews.
Writing in Deadline, Todd McCarthy says the actor “nails the kind of over-friendly, manically aggressive type people want to avoid.”
“The performance certainly will accrue him fresh admiration and attention.”
Variety’s Jessica...
- 7/18/2021
- by Jackie Keast
- IF.com.au
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