99 HOMES
by Ramin Bahrani
USA 2014 112 min. original version
sat 21 nov 8:00 pm Caligari FilmBühne
Script: Amir Naderi, Ramin Bahrani, DoP: Bobby Bukowski, Editor: Ramin Bahrani, Production: Noruz Films, Producers: Ramin Bahrani, Ashok Amritraj, Kevin Turen, Justin Nappi, Cast: Michael Shannon, Andrew Garfield, Laura Dern, Noah Lomax
In this timely thriller, charismatic and ruthless businessman, Rick Carver (Michael Shannon), is making a killing by repossessing homes – gaming the real estate market, Wall Street banks and the US government. When he evicts Nash (Andrew Garfield), a single father trying to care for his mother and young son, Nash becomes so desperate to provide for his family that he goes to work for Carver ...
"One of the reasons I wanted to make the film is because this movie didn’t exist. The thriller, we know; the deal-with-the-devil structure, we know. But what we’ve never seen in any film – I know because I looked into it – is seeing these foreclosures happen like this before your eyes. I like to go into worlds we’ve never seen. But it’s something we have to see as a country." (Ramin Bahrani)
Biography: Ramin Bahrani's, born 1975 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina/USA, films have screened at the Venice, Cannes, Sundance, Berlin, Toronto and Telluride Film Festivals. Bahrani has won numerous awards including the "Someone to Watch" Spirit Award (CHOP SHOP, 2008), the critic’s prize for best film in Venice (GOODBYE SOLO, 2009), and a Guggenheim Fellowship, among many others. He has been the subject of retrospectives in venues such as the MoMA in New York. In 2010, legendary film critic Roger Ebert proclaimed Bahrani as "the director of the decade".
Filmography (selection): 2005 MAN PUSH CART, 2008 CHOP SHOP, 2009 GOODBYE SOLO, 2012 AT ANY PRICE, 2014 99 HOMES
Awards (selection): SIGNIS Award – Honorable Mention, Vittorio Veneto Film Festival Award for Best Film (Venice International Film Festival, Italy 2014); Prize for Best Picture (Deauville American Film Festival, France 2015)
