Partisan (2015)
On the edge of a crumbling city, 11-year-old Alexander lives in a sequestered commune alongside other children, their mothers, and charismatic leader, Gregori. Gregori teaches the children how to raise livestock, grow vegetables, work as a community - and how to kill. With the birth of a new baby brother weighing on his mind, Alexander begins to question Gregori’s overpowering influence on the children and their training to become assassins. Threatened by his increasing unwillingness to fall in line, Gregori’s behavior turns erratic and adversarial toward the child he once considered a son. With the two set dangerously at odds and the commune’s way of life disintegrating, the residents fear a violent resolution is at hand.
Director: Ariel Kleiman
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Vincent Cassel as Gregori |
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Nigel Barber as Karaoke Detective |
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Jeremy Chabriel as Alexander |
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Florence Mezzara as Susanna |
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Sosina Wogayehu as Penelope |
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Timothy Styles as Gary |
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Katalin Hegedus as Magdalena |
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Daniel Vernikovski as Andre |
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Zsofia Stavropoulos as Bella |
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Kai Caster as Alexander (uncredited) |
| Directing | Ariel Kleiman | Director |
| Sound | Daniel Lopatin | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Ariel Kleiman | Writer |
| Writing | Sarah Cyngler | Writer |
| Production | Anna McLeish | Producer |
| Production | Sarah Shaw | Producer |
| Camera | Germain McMicking | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Jack Hutchings | Editor |
| Editing | Chris Wyatt | Editor |
| Production | Allison Meadows | Casting |
| Art | Sarah Cyngler | Production Design |
| Art | Steven Jones-Evans | Production Design |
| Art | Maxine Dennett | Art Direction |
| Art | Vanessa Cerne | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Sarah Cyngler | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Maria Pattison | Costume Design |
| Visual Effects | Murray Curtis | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Production | Hannah Charlton | Casting Associate |
| Costume & Make-Up | Natasha Kutrovacz | Set Costumer |
| Sound | Matt Biffa | Music Supervisor |
| Crew | Scott Warwick | Armorer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Angela Conte | Hair Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Helen Magelakis | Hairstylist |
| Editing | James Ashton | Dialogue Editor |
| Sound | Mario Vaccaro | Foley |
| Camera | Ben King | Still Photographer |