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Swimming Home (film)
''Swimming Home'' is a 2024 black comedy–Drama (film and television), drama film directed by Justin Anderson (film director), Justin Anderson in his directorial debut. Based on the 2011 novel Swimming Home, of the same name by Deborah Levy, the film stars Christopher Abbott, Mackenzie Davis and Ariane Labed. The film revolves around Joe and Isabel, whose marriage is dying when Kitti, a naked stranger is found floating in the pool at their holiday villa. It is described as "a surreal and darkly comic journey into the unresolved traumas that lurk in the shadows of all our lives." The film is a co-production between companies based in the United Kingdom and France. The film competed in Tiger Competition at 53rd International Film Festival Rotterdam, where it had its premiere on 29 January 2024. Cast * Christopher Abbott as Joe * Mackenzie Davis as Isabel * Ariane Labed as Kitti * Nadine Labaki as Laura * Freya Hannan-Mills as Nina * Anastasios Alexandropoulos as Vito * as Pon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Justin Anderson (film Director)
Justin Anderson (born 23 March 1967) is a British film director and screenwriter. Biography Anderson trained as a painter at the Slade School of Fine Art in London, where he won the John Ruskin Prize for painting. He then worked as an assistant for Scottish artist Bruce McLean before continuing his studies at the Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten in Amsterdam, where he first began experimenting with video. Upon returning to London, he made several short films for Levi's, shooting on Super 8 film, Super 8 and 16 mm film. He then briefly worked at HHCL, an advertising agency, until moving to a shared studio with fashion designer House of Flora, Flora McLean, for whom he made ''Dress No. 1'' for Showstudio.com, SHOWstudio's ''Future Tense'' series that was covered by Diane Pernet. He also directed another video that was featured on ''Vogue Italia''. Anderson has directed short films and commercials in collaboration with fashion designers such as Roksanda Ilincic, Richard Nicoll a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |