THE CONGRESS
by Ari Folman
synopsis
Robin Wright (as Robin Wright) receives an offer from Miramount to be scanned. In this way, her alias can be freely exploited in all films the Hollywood major decides to produce, even the most downmarket ones, the ones she has turned down until now. For 20 years she disappears to return as guest of honor at the Miramount-Nagasaki Convention in a transformed world of fantastical appearances.
| international title: | The Congress |
| original title: | The Congress |
| country: | Israel, Germany, Poland, Luxembourg, Belgium, France, United States |
| sales agent: | The Match Factory |
| year: | 2013 |
| genre: | fiction |
| directed by: | Ari Folman |
| film run: | 120' |
| release date: | FR 03/07/2013, BE 14/08/2013, DE 12/09/2013, PL 13/09/2013, IS 08/11/2013, NL 09/01/2014, EE 21/02/2014, PT 13/03/2014, SE 28/03/2014, RG 05/06/2014, IT 12/06/2014, UK 15/08/2014 |
| screenplay: | Ari Folman |
| cast: | Robin Wright, Harvey Keitel, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Jon Hamm, Danny Huston, Sami Gayle, Paul Giamatti |
| cinematography by: | Michał Englert |
| film editing: | Nili Feller |
| art director: | David Polonsky |
| costumes designer: | Mandi Line |
| music: | Max Richter |
| producer: | Ari Folman, Reinhard Brundig, Eitan Mansuri, Diana Elbaum, Ewa Puszczynska, David Grumbach, Michèle Pétin a.k.a. Michèle Halberstadt, Laurent Pétin |
| production: | Bridgit Folman Film Gang, Pandora Filmproduktion, Opus Film, Paul Thiltges Distributions, Entre Chien et Loup, ARP Sélection, ARD Degeto Film GMBH, Bac Cinema, Liverpool [US] |
| backing: | MEDIA Programme, Filmstiftung NRW, DFFF, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, Filmförderung Hamburg-SchleswigHolstein, Eurimages, CIAV, Polish Film Institut, Wallimages, Israel Film Fund |
| distributor: | Pandora Film Distribution, ARP Sélection, Pa-Dora d.o.o., Cinéart, Cinéart Netherlands B.V., Gutek Film, Njutafilms, Wider Films, StudioCanal |
