'Father Joe': First Look Clip Of Kiefer Sutherland As A Priest Who Clashes With The Mob In Action-Crime Pic — Venice
Deadline
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π° What Happened
Deadline has revealed the first clip of 'Father Joe', a Venice Film Festival genre picture starring Kiefer Sutherland, Al Pacino and teen actor Ever Anderson. Sutherland plays a man of faith who wages a violent war against Manhattan's criminal underworld, putting him on a collision course with a powerful mob boss while guiding a young woman caught between danger and redemption. The film, directed by Swiss filmmaker Barthelemy Grossmann and written and produced by Luc Besson, is playing Out of Competition at Venice, with Kinology and CAA handling sales.
π The Backstory
Grossmann, a Swiss filmmaker and artist, made his English-language debut with the thriller 'Disorder', also produced by Besson, and Besson's EuropaCorp is among the production companies behind 'Father Joe'. Anderson is the daughter of Milla Jovovich and filmmaker Paul W.S. Anderson. Al Pacino could not attend the film's press conference but sent a video message from America wishing the cast and crew well for the premiere, and Besson's recent projects include 'Dracula' and 'DogMan'.
π― Why It Matters
The combination of Sutherland, Pacino and Besson makes 'Father Joe' one of the most commercially anticipated titles at this year's Venice line-up. The first footage gives audiences and distributors an early sense of a project mixing faith, crime and action. For film fans, it pairs two veteran stars with a high-profile producer at a festival renowned for launching genre hits.
Deadline has revealed the first clip of 'Father Joe', a Venice Film Festival genre picture starring Kiefer Sutherland, Al Pacino and teen actor Ever Anderson. Sutherland plays a man of faith who wages a violent war against Manhattan's criminal underworld, putting him on a collision course with a powerful mob boss while guiding a young woman caught between danger and redemption. The film, directed by Swiss filmmaker Barthelemy Grossmann and written and produced by Luc Besson, is playing Out of Competition at Venice, with Kinology and CAA handling sales.
Grossmann, a Swiss filmmaker and artist, made his English-language debut with the thriller 'Disorder', also produced by Besson, and Besson's EuropaCorp is among the production companies behind 'Father Joe'. Anderson is the daughter of Milla Jovovich and filmmaker Paul W.S. Anderson. Al Pacino could not attend the film's press conference but sent a video message from America wishing the cast and crew well for the premiere, and Besson's recent projects include 'Dracula' and 'DogMan'.
The combination of Sutherland, Pacino and Besson makes 'Father Joe' one of the most commercially anticipated titles at this year's Venice line-up. The first footage gives audiences and distributors an early sense of a project mixing faith, crime and action. For film fans, it pairs two veteran stars with a high-profile producer at a festival renowned for launching genre hits.