Taylor Russell, Ewan McGregor Title ‘Mother, Couch!’ to Bow at San Sebastian’s New Directors Sidebar
variety.comJohn Hopewell Chief International Correspondent Starring “Bones and All’s” Taylor Russell, Ewan McGregor and Ellen Burstyn, “Mother, Couch!” the feature debut of Sweden’s Niclas Larsson, features in a currently 11-title lineup of San Sebastian’s 2023 New Directors section, the most important sidebar at the highest-profile movie event in the Spanish-speaking world.
Of just announced titles, also in the mix is “The Other Son,” Juan Sebastian Quebrada’s anticipated coming-of-age drama picked up by Film Factory. “Carefree Days,” the second feature from Chinese actor-director-screenwriter Liang Ming (“Wisdom Tooth”), will open New Directors.
More section titles will be announced before the festival. A brief drill-down on its titles, film descriptions supplied by the Festival.
More to come. “Achilles,” (“Ashil,” Farhad Delaram, Germany, Iran, France) Delarem participates in New Directors with his first inroads to the world of feature films,”Achilles,” about a young moviemaker who works in a hospital and whose life changes after meeting a mysterious young girl. “Bahadour The Brave,” (Diva Shah, India) Shah debuts with “Bahadur the Brave,” a film set during the early days of the pandemic in an Indian village on the border with Nepal, where a Nepali immigrant tries to find the money to cure his sick son. “Beyond The Fog,” (“Kiri No Fuchi,” Daichi Murase, Japan) Murase who, having directed several shorts and the feature-length “Roll” (2020), will now present “Beyond the Fog,” which will be the closing film of the New Directors section.
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