Kinds of Kindness, which was shot in New Orleans in late 2022, is a “triptych fable, following a man without choice who tries to take control of his own life; a policeman who is alarmed that his wife who was missing-at-sea has returned and seems a different person; and a woman determined to find a specific someone with a special ability, who is destined to become a prodigious spiritual leader.
Kinds of Kindness is an anthology film directed by Yorgos Lanthimos from a screenplay he co-wrote with Efthimis Filippou. The films stars Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, Willem Dafoe, Margaret Qualley, Hong Chau, Joe Alwyn, Mamoudou Athie, and Hunter Schafer.
Superficially in the style of the Coen brothers, the film co-stars Willem Dafoe and Margaret Qualley, both of whom were also in Poor Things, as well as Joe Alwyn, who played Stone’s husband in Lanthimos’s 2018 film The Favourite.
Emma Stone and Yorgos Lanthimos also worked together on 2022 silent short film Bleat. In her speech on 10 March, Stone thanked Lanthimos for “the gift of a lifetime in Bella Baxter. I am forever thankful for you.”
Other cast members include Jesse Plemons, Hong Chau, Mamoudou Athie and Hunter Schafer. Lanthimos wrote with Efthimis Filippou, with whom he previously worked on The Lobster, Killing of a Sacred Deer and Dogtooth.
Filming took place in New Orleans from October 24 to December 16, 2022. In December 2023, the film was re-titled Kinds of Kindness. Kinds of Kindness is set to world premiere at the 77th Cannes Film Festival in-competition in May 2024. It was released in the United States by Searchlight Pictures on June 21, 2024, and in Ireland and the United Kingdom on June 28, 2024. The film is also was released in Greece by Feelgood on May 30, 2024
Kinds of Kindness (2024)
Directed by: Yorgos Lanthimos
Starring: Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, Willem Dafoe, Margaret Qualley, Hong Chau, Joe Alwyn, Mamoudou Athie, Hunter Schafer, Krystal Alayne Chambers, Abi Beaux, Susan Elle, Jess Weiss
Screenplay by: Yorgos Lanthimos, Efthimis Filippou
Production Design by: Anthony Gasparro
Cinematography by: Robbie Ryan
Film Editing by: Yorgos Mavropsaridis
Costume Design by: Jennifer Johnson
Set Decoration by: Amy Beth Silver
Art Direction by: Andrew Carnwath, Chris Cornwell
Music by: Jerskin Fendrix
MPAA Rating: None.
Distributed by: Searchlight Pictures
Release Date: May 2024 (Cannes), June 21, 2024 (United States), June 28, 2024 (Ireland / United Kingdom)
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