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Antiviral

Antiviral

FEATURE FILM 108'
Thriller / Sci-Fi

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Impressive performance from Caleb Landry Jones (AWARD FOR BEST ACTOR - CANNES FILM FESTIVAL).
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Directed by

Brandon Cronenberg

Starring

Caleb Landry Jones (Contraband, X-Men: First Class, The Last Exorcism)
Sarah Gadon
Malcolm McDowell (The Artist, Halloween I&II, A Clockwork Orange)
Douglas Smith

Production

Rhombus Media

2007 / Original language: English / Color / 1.85 / Dolby SRD / available in hd & 2k

Syd March is an employee at a clinic that sells injections of live viruses harvested from sick celebrities to obsessed fans. Biological communion – for a price. Syd also supplies illegal samples of these viruses to piracy groups, smuggling them from the clinic in his own body. When he becomes infected with the disease that kills super sensation Hannah Geist, Syd becomes a target for collectors and rabid fans. He must unravel the mystery surrounding her death before he suffers the same fate.
Brandon Cronenberg surrounds himself with the creative team behind Cosmopolis & Hobo with a Shotgun, for this fresh blood transplant from the new wave of Canadian cinema.

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Toronto Film Festival (2012)
Best Canadian First Feature Film



Cannes Film Festival (2012)
Official Selection "Un Certain Regard"

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Bordeaux Independent Film Festival (2012)
Student Award



Sitges IFF (2012)
Citizen Kane Award for Best Newcomer Director and the Carnet Jove Jury Award for Best Motion Picture
Best Newcomer Award is given by the Official Fantastic Jury and the other award is from a young critic's jury.


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“Caleb Landry Jones has the eyes of Malcolm McDowell in A Clockwork Orange” On Screen

“The locations (…) are reminiscent of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest” On Screen

“Impressive performance from Landry Jones” Screen International

“Intriguing.Well made” The Guardian

“Antiviral is a stunningly smart debut from Brandon Cronenberg" Jonathan Sehring, president of Sundance Selects/IFC Films

“It's a handsome film, shot with a clinical reserve” HitFix

“Antiviral is a resounding success, and is directed with precision and conviction” Twitch Film

“ANTIVIRAL is the work of a budding visionary, whose best work, I expect, is yet to come. But for the time being, his current work is full of inventive and effective artistry”. Capone, AICN

“Cronenberg's visual palette is exceptional”. Capone, AICN

“One of the more ambitious feature film debuts” Capone, AICN

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