Since its founding in 1969 by the French Directors’ Guild, the Directors’ Fortnight has served as a vital and boldly independent counter program to the Cannes Film Festival. This year, the Directors’ Fortnight is taking it on the road for the first time, presenting locally curated selections of its 2024 program with director Julien Rejl in person.
The Fortnight Extended is presented by the Quinzaine des cinéastes, Villa Albertine, Acropolis Cinema, and the Museum of the Moving Image. Discount passes for admission to all seven screenings at the Culver Theater can be purchased here.
About the film:
A young mother, contending with a rare brain condition and desperate to save money for her daughter’s future, takes a risky job from a mysterious woman with a dark past, and gets entangled in a web of revenge, deceit, and murder. Shot on a shoestring budget but in magnificent 16mm, and co-written with the magnetic lead actress, Ariella Mastroianni, Gazer gazes back on the masters of the paranoid thriller of the 70s and 80s. A Metrograph Pictures release.
TRT: 114 min
"Gazer is the kind of debut that should restore your lost faith in independent cinema." —Christian Zilko, Indiewire
"Deft and evocative... rewards with an eye for striking imagery and careful compositions." —Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter
"A modern-day thriller with mid-century touches that demonstrates the best qualities of the genre. One thing that really sets Gazer apart from most films—especially American films—that make it to Cannes is that the project was entirely self-financed and produced." —Jamie Lang and Elsa Keslassy, Variety
(Available to download after screening date)