Bull (2019)
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| Original title | Bull |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2019 |
| length | 101 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Annie Silverstein |
| script | Annie Silverstein, Johnny McAllister |
| production |
Bert Marcus , Heather Rae , Monique Walton , Ryan Zacarias |
| music | William Ryan Fritch |
| camera | Shabier Kirchner |
| cut | Todd Holmes |
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Bull is a film drama directed by Annie Silverstein that premiered on May 15, 2019 at the Cannes International Film Festival .
action
14-year-old Kris lives on the outskirts of Houston . Because her mother Janis is in prison, her grandmother was appointed her guardian. Sometimes she visits her mother there. Kris helps her grandma administer the insulin on a daily basis and also takes care of her younger sister Chance.
One night, Kris breaks into the house of her Afro-American neighbor Abe, motivates a few children from the neighborhood to search his liquor cabinet and wants to throw an impromptu party. When Abe, who had to work late into the night, returns to his ransacked house the next morning and finds it in ruins, he calls the police. Because Kris' grandmother begs his indulgence, Abe refrains from filing a complaint when Kris is ready to help him clean up and run errands anytime soon.
Abe was once a professional rodeo star, but now he mainly works as a guardian for bull riders when the excited animals chase them after they are dropped. Abe has suffered a number of serious injuries over the years. Abe gives Kris the experience of barrel racing, where she gets an impression of what it's like to sit on the back of a bull. She is also fascinated by the first rodeos she visits and is now concentrating entirely on her new hobby. Over time, Abe, the longtime drinker, takes on a fatherly role that she has previously lacked.
production
The film is the feature film debut of Annie Silverstein , who also wrote the screenplay with Johnny McAllister . Bull was filmed with a largely non-professional cast on the outskirts of Houston and is supposed to convey the American bullfighting culture, but also to tie in with Chloé Zhao's western The Rider and tell of impoverished people on the edge of society.
The role of the 14-year-old protagonist Kris was cast with the newcomer Amber Havard . Rob Morgan took on the role of neighbor Abe. Its new flame Sheila is played by Yolonda Ross . Sara Albright took on the role of Kris' mother Janis, and Keeli Wheeler played her grandmother. Keira Bennett plays Kris' little sister Chance.
The film premiered on May 15, 2019 at the Cannes International Film Festival , where it was screened in the Un Certain Regard series. In September 2019, the film was shown in the main competition at the American Film Festival in Deauville and won several awards, including the Grand Prix. In March 2020 it was made available digitally to participants of the South by Southwest Film Festival . A planned theatrical release in the US on March 20, 2020 has been postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. There it is to be published on May 1st as video-on-demand and in the stream.
reception
Reviews
The film has so far won over 90 percent of the Rotten Tomatoes critics and received an average rating of 7.3 out of a possible 10 points, which put it in the middle of the films presented in Cannes. He received mixed reviews in the critic.de review.
Jon Frosch of The Hollywood Reporter writes that one of the strengths of Annie Silverstein's beautiful debut film is the lack of any sentimentality towards its two protagonists. Like the film itself, the relationship between the 14-year-old white Kris and her black neighbor Abe is reserved and tender. It consists of stoic silence and an affection that is rather tacitly expressed. Bull is not only characterized by a slow build-up of mutual respect and love, but also offers a clear portrait of the struggle for survival in the USA with authentic details and a deep-rooted sense of fading hopes and everyday life without being condescending, so Frosch. At work you can see the influence of directors like Debra Granik and Chloé Zhao , whose naturalistic life stories, set on the fringes of society, are some of the greatest US independent films of recent years, even if Silverstein is not yet working at this level.
Peter Debruge of Variety thinks, even if the story anfühle bit thin, is something that Bull distinguished, who does not yet know the sensitivity for someone who does not believe even himself what he wants from life and needs only a mentor to take the first step. The film shows injustices without outrage, but also without a lack of empathy, and thus expresses what it feels like to be at the disadvantaged end of the country of equal opportunities. Debruge also notes that if this were a studio film or an inspirational documentary, the filmmakers would certainly have focused on the idea that Kris is a natural talent, which she is not in Bull , which sets the story apart. Kris is just curious, and that is the first step in distracting her from the less healthy temptations that surround her.
Awards
- Awarded the Grand Prix in the main competition ( Annie Silverstein )
- Received the Revelation Award
- Awarded the Critics' Prize
Haifa International Film Festival 2019
- Nomination in the Golden Anchor Competition for Debuts (Annie Silverstein)
Cannes International Film Festival 2019
- Nomination for the Golden Camera (Annie Silverstein)
- Nomination for the Prix Un Certain Regard (Annie Silverstein)
South by Southwest Film Festival 2020
- Received the Louis Black "Lone Star" Award - Special Jury Recognition for Acting ( Rob Morgan )
Web links
- Bull in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Bull in the program of the Film Festival of Cannes (English)
- Bull - Official Trailer from Samuel Goldwyn Films on YouTube (Video, English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Bull. In: festival-cannes.com. Retrieved May 11, 2019.
- ↑ https://www.indiewire.com/2019/05/cannes-2019-film-festival-quentin-tarantino-terrence-malick-1202131965/
- ↑ a b https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/bull-review-1210001
- ↑ a b https://variety.com/2019/film/reviews/bull-review-1203215246/
- ↑ Screenings Guide. In: amazonaws.com. Retrieved on May 10, 2019 (PDF; 222 KB)
- ↑ Elsa Keslassy: Cannes: Film Constellation boards Annie Silverstein's Un Certain Regard-Bound 'Bull'. In: Variety. April 30, 2019.
- ^ Rhonda Richford: Deauville American Film Festival to Screen Nate Parker's 'American Skin'. In: The Hollywood Reporter. 22nd August 2019.
- ↑ Kate Erbland: SXSW 2020 Announces More Feature Film Additions, Including Robust Midnight Slate and Sundance Hits. In: indiewire.com. 5th February 2020.
- ^ Bull. In: Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved May 1, 2020.
- ↑ Cannes 2019 Movie Scorecard. In: Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved May 25, 2019.
- ↑ Cannes critic's jury - Critic Mirror 2019. In: critic.de. Retrieved May 25, 2019.
- ↑ Maximilien Pierrette: Deauville 2019: Kristen Stewart, Orelsan, Sophie Turner, Game of Thrones, Pierce Brosnan ... Tout sur la sélection. In: allocine.fr. August 22, 2019 (French).
- ^ Festival de Deauville: le Grand Prix pour "Bull". In: Le Parisien. September 14, 2019.
- ↑ Bull. In: haifaff.co.il. Retrieved November 1, 2019.
- ↑ Prix et nominations: Festival de Cannes 2019. In: allocine.fr. Retrieved May 14, 2019.
- ↑ Kate Erbland: XSW Winners: Despite Cancellation, Festival Announces Grand Jury Prizes. In: indiewire.com. March 24, 2020.