Partisan (film)

Partisan
Directed by Ariel Kleiman
Produced by Anna McLeish
Written by Sarah Cyngler
Starring Vincent Cassel
Nigel Barber
Jeremy Chabriel
Florence Mezzara
Timothy Styles
Music by Daniel Lopatin
Cinematography Germain McMicking
Edited by Jack Hutchings
Running time
 98 minutes
Country Australia
Language English

Partisan is a 2015 Australian film directed by Ariel Kleiman. The film stars Vincent Cassel as Gregori, a cult leader. The feature marks Kleiman's directorial debut. Kleiman wrote the film with his girlfriend Sarah Cyngler. It premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival.[1]

Plot

Gregori, who operates a child assassin patriarch, adopts Alexander after seeing his mother, Susanna, without a partner at a hospital. Eleven years later, Alexander is an adept assassin running missions with other future child assassins adopted in the same manner. Gregori tells the children the world is full of terrible men which is why they must carry out their missions. Gregori teaches the children to put earplugs in during assassinations to protect their ears from the gunshot.

Leo, Alexander's friend, is critical of himself after a mock assassination. Gregori sends Alexander and a girl on a mission where he kills a mechanic. Alexander sees his mother crying due to pregnancy, after she drops a piece of meat. He goes out during a mission and buys new meat at a local grocery store. The owner treats him kindly and gives him chocolate. Leo begins to question Gregori's authority escalating to a confrontation after Leo witnesses a chicken being slaughtered. He compares the chicken to the tyrannosaurus rex, fearing its extinction. Leo disappears from the compound afterwards. Alexander begins to question everything he was taught. Susanna gives birth to a baby brother named Tobias. On Alexander's third mission he shoots a man and watches his blood pour out. On his way back he meets a boy who plays with his gun before returning it to him. Alexander takes Tobias after coming home. He is confronted by Gregori as the camera pans down Alexander is seen holding his gun pointed at Gregori with earplugs in Tobias' ears.

Cast

Production

While most of the interior scenes were filmed in Kleiman's home country of Australia, the exterior shooting of the film was shot in Georgia in 2013.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Weiss, Anthony. "Ariel Kleiman back at Sundance with feature debut, a dark drama". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  2. ↑ ""Partisan" - Vincent Cassel Stars in a movie with scenes shot in Georgia". 6 February 2015. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
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