The Driftless Area
6.8 /10 1 Votes
Director Zachary Sluser Duration Running time 1h 35m Country Canada
United States | 6.6/10 IMDb Genre Drama Initial release April 18, 2015 Adapted from The Driftless Area Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Based on The Driftless Area
by Tom Drury Writer Tom Drury, Zachary Sluser (screenplay) Music director Saunder Jurriaans, Daniel Bensi Cast Zooey Deschanel (Stella), Aubrey Plaza (Jean), Anton Yelchin (Pierre), Alia Shawkat (Carrie), Ciarán Hinds (Ned), John Hawkes (Shane)Similar movies Zooey Deschanel appears in The Driftless Area and Rock the Kasbah | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The driftless area official trailer 2016
The Driftless Area is a 2015 Canadian-American neo-noir drama-comedy film directed by Zachary Sluser and starring Anton Yelchin, Zooey Deschanel, and John Hawkes. Alia Shawkat, Aubrey Plaza, Frank Langella, and Ciarán Hinds also appear in supporting roles. The film is based on the novel of the same title by Tom Drury, who co-wrote the screenplay with Sluser. The film had its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 18, 2015.
Contents
Plot
The film tells the story of a young man by the name of Pierre Hunter (Anton Yelchin) who falls in love with a mysterious woman named Stella (Zooey Deschanel) and finds himself in a dangerous cat-and-mouse game with a somewhat idiotic but, nonetheless, capable and violent criminal named Shane (John Hawkes) in a story that is in equal parts about fate, love, coming-of-age, and life in a small town.
Cast
Filming
Production on the film began on May 14, 2014, in Vancouver, Canada.
Music
The film's original score was composed by Saunder Jurriaans and Daniel Bensi.
Release
The film had its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 18, 2015. The film screened as the Opening Night film for the Aruba International Film Festival on October 7, 2015. Shortly after, it was announced that Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions had acquired distribution rights to the film. The film was released on April 26, 2016, on video on demand and home media formats.
References
The Driftless Area WikipediaThe Driftless Area IMDb The Driftless Area themoviedb.org