Olivia Dean Edition: Bits & Pieces

Olivia Dean Edition: Bits & Pieces – Vertigo Releasing is excited to announce the digital release of JUST PLAY DEAD, the tropical crime thriller starring academy award winning and golden globe nominated Samuel L. Jackson  (Pulp Fiction, Marvel, Star Wars Trilogy) alongside internationally renowned French cinema icon Eva Green (Casino Royale, Kingdom of Heaven, The Dreamers). It will be available in the UK on digital platforms October 5th.

A young, ambitious trial lawyer (Cynthia Erivo) brilliantly navigates the ruthless London court system where she is unmatched in her defense of the accused, including men charged with sexual assault. Just as her career is taking off, a life-altering event forces her to reckon with her belief in the judicial system that was once the core of her identity.

American Summer follows a reflective Mikey (Guttenberg) as he looks back fondly on one amazing summer from his youth: the summer he met “the” girl, scored a spot on the travel baseball team, and dealt with uncertainty as his US Army dad went missing overseas. The film is a heartwarming coming-of-age, family film with humor, baseball, summer love, and a puppy who saves the day.

In the shadow of Vesuvius, a group of French teenagers on a class trip to Naples grapple with the anxiety and exhilaration of high school graduation amid the ancient ruins of Pompeii. Toni (Colas Quignard), adrift and impulsive; his best friend, James (Mitia Capellier-Audat), popular, alluring, and self-possessed; and Suzanne (Suzanne Gerin), an aspiring artist who feels rejected by her peers, contemplate faded frescoes and debate their generation’s aspirations and shortcomings. While their exhausted but motivated teacher Mme. Mercier (Antonia Buresi) attempts to direct their attention to their breathtaking surroundings, the students’ passions and insecurities lead them toward an irreversible fracture.

Shortly before the 1973 Chilean coup, CIA agents Chris (John Malkovich) and Lee (Sam Rockwell) are dispatched from Santiago to Easter Island by their bureau chief, MJ (Steve Buscemi). Amongst the Island’s iconic statues, and as the longtime partners wrestle with their dark pasts and present conspiracies, Chris’s newfound bond with a pair of rebellious students (Mariana di Girolamo and Ailín Salas) threatens to send everyone’s trip to this remote paradise sideways.

After Liat Beinin Atzili is kidnapped on October 7th, her Israeli-American family faces their own conflicting perspectives to fight for her release and the future of the places they call home.

Rose is an Austrian-German production from Schubert, Row Pictures and Walker + Worm Film, produced by Johannes Schubert, Philipp Worm, Tobias Walker and Karsten Stöter. The film marks the third feature for Markus Schleinzer. His previous films include his debut, Michael (2011), which premiered in Cannes competition, and Angelo (2018), which played in competition at San Sebastian and Toronto.

Léa Seydoux stars in GENTLE MONSTER, a tense thriller about trust and deception following a concert pianist who must protect her son and confront how little she knows her husband after he is accused of an unspeakable crime.