Year: 2018
Country: USA
Director: Brady Corbet
Cast: Natalie Portman, Jude Law, Raffey Cassidy, Willem Dafoe, Christopher Abbott, Stacy Martin
Genre: drama, musical
Runtime: 114 min.
Age: 12+
An unpredictable thriller drama mixed up with extravagant concert scenes
Vox Lux follows the rise of Celeste from the ashes of a major national tragedy to pop super stardom. The film spans 18 years and traces important cultural moments through her eyes, starting in 1999 and concluding in 2017. In 1999, teenage Celeste (Raffey Cassidy) survives a violent tragedy. After singing at a memorial service, Celeste transforms into a burgeoning pop star with the help of her songwriter sister (Stacy Martin) and a talent manager (Jude Law). Celeste's meteoric rise to fame and concurrent loss of innocence dovetails with a shattering terrorist attack on the nation, elevating the young powerhouse to a new kind of celebrity: American icon, secular deity, global superstar. By 2017, adult Celeste (Natalie Portman) is mounting a comeback after a scandalous incident that derailed her career…
Awards & Festivals:
Venice Film Festival – participation
Stockholm Film Festival – participation
Lisbon & Estoril Film Festival – participation