Liam James Payne (born 29 August 1993) is an English singer and songwriter.
He rose to fame as a member of the boy band One Direction.
Payne made his debut as a singer when he auditioned for the British television series The X Factor in 2008. After being eliminated as a solo performer, he auditioned again in 2010 and was put into a group with four other contestants to form One Direction
Acid Player ‘Most People Die on Sundays’ Ruminates on the Unexpected Costs Loved Ones Pay After a Death in the Family
variety.comJamie Lang Iair Said‘s first fiction feature, “Most People Die on Sundays,” will world premiere in this year’s Acid section at Cannes, although until recently, the filmmaker knew little about the platform. “It was something new to me,” he told Variety in a recent interview when asked about being picked for this year’s lineup. “I’m not very informed about these kinds of industry things; I just make films to express myself.” Although the Acid sidebar is new to Said, this isn’t his first time at Cannes.
The director’s second short film, “Presente imperfecto,” screened in the festival’s main short film competition in 2015. Loosely based on Said’s real-life experiences when his own father died, “Most People Die on Sunday” is the story of David, a chubby, promiscuous, gay, middle-class Jewish man from Buenos Aires in his 30s who lives in a state of arrested development.
He spends too much time sleeping, aided by pills, and constantly procrastinates when it comes to essential responsibilities.
In the film’s first scene, he cuts an unsympathetic figure, writing on the ground of a hotel room, half-naked and loudly weeping for an offscreen lover to forgive him.
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