Michael Shannon goes behind the camera with Eric Larue (trailer)

The American actor adapts for his first film the play by Brett Neveu, on a mother whose son committed a crime when he was 17 years old. With Jeff Nichols in production.

Magnolia Pictures just revealed the trailer of very first film by Michael Shannon As a director: Eric Larue. The actor of Rebellious wedding and The shape of the water stage A play of the same name written in 2002 by Brett Neveuin response to the 1999 Columbine killing.

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Here is the story: we follow the daily life of Janiceafter his 17 -year -old son, Éric, has shot Three of his classmates during a mass shooting. This mother, interpreted by Judy Greer (30 years otherwise nothing, Jurassic World), finds it difficult to find comfort while her husband (Alexander Skarsgård) finds refuge in a new church. Under the advice of his pastor, She meets mothers of the victims And visit his son in prison to try to heal his injuries.

For this first project as a director, Michael Shannon Steps of a frequent collaborator to produce Eric Larue :: Jeff Nichols. The American actor has indeed already played in several of the films of the latter, as The Bikeridersor Take Sheltera striking film of which he shared the headliner With Jessica Chastainin 2011.

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The casting of the film is completed by Paul Sparks (Mud),, Alison Pill (Trap), And Tracy Letts (Lady Bird). Here is the trailer:

American actor Michael Shannon was nominated at the Oscars for his role as John Givings in Rebel wedding of Sam Mendes and for Nocturnal animals of Tom Ford. He is also known to have embodied the Colonel Richard Strickland In the Oscar -winning film The shape of the waterby Guillermo del Toro. Michael Shannon spoke to Deadline ::

“I can’t believe my incredible chance of having Magnolia, a company that I have admitted for many years, which distributes my first feature film as a director (…) Eric Larue is as important for me as any job I did as an actor, and my intention was to make a film that could perhaps offer a kind of healing, around a problem that confuses us in As long as a country for long enough. This problem is armed violence in the endless schools and repercussions it has on our society. ”

Eric Larue did Its world premiere at Tribeca Festival. An outing is planned for the April 4 in the United Statesbut no date has yet been announced in France.