Young Ones
Filmfest 2014
USA 2014
Original version
(Original: English)
German Premiere
Director: Jake Paltrow
Section: CineVision
Water is running out. Land has withered into something wretched. The dust has settled on a lonely, barren planet. Not long from now, the hardened survivors of the loss of Earth's precious resources scrape and struggle. Ernest Holm lives on this harsh frontier with his children, Jerome and Mary. He defends his farm from bandits, works the supply routes, and hopes to rejuvenate the soil. But Mary's boyfriend, Flem Lever, has grander designs. He wants Ernest's land for himself, and he means to get it... an ethereal narrative that's steeped in the values of the American West. With a visceral application of cinematic and theatrical shorthand, and a passionate storytelling sense, Young Ones quickly establishes a distinct, fully realized universe and never lets go.
L.Z. – 2014 Sundance Film Festival
Cast: Michael Shannon, Nicholas Hoult, Elle Fanning, Kodi Smit-McPhee
Credits
Screenplay: Jake Paltrow
Director of Photography: Giles Nuttgens
Film Editor: Matt Mayer
Composer: Nathan Johnson
Production Designer: Sharon Lomofsky
Costume Design: Diana Cilliers
Sound: Greg Albert
Producer: Tristan Lynch
Production Company: Bitfrost Pictures
Co-Producer: Michael Auret
World Sales: 6Sales
Distributor: Ascot Elite Filmverleih GmbH
Director: Jake Paltrow