What is it about?
On June 3, 2017, the twenty-five-year-old reality TV winner was questioned by two FBI agents at her home. This decidedly banal, sometimes surreal conversation, with every line taken from an authentic interrogation tape, paints a complex portrait of an American millennial, a US Air Force veteran, a yoga teacher who loves animals, traveling and sharing photos on social media. . Why is the FBI interested in him? Who really is reality?
Presented without competition at the Nouvelles Vagues festival in Biarritz in early July is reality director Tina Sater. This is his first feature film after several plays. The reality is an adaptation of the work he staged on Broadway, the critically acclaimed play, This is the roomInstalled in 2021.
Reality tells an incredible true story that is unknown in France. On June 3, 2017, Reality Winner, 25, was questioned by two FBI agents at her home. The film is based on authentic transcriptions of FBI records. “For Genesis, it just so happens that this information was first discussed on June 3, 2017, and this girl’s name, Reality Winner, which is too weird a name to be true, Film director Tina Setter explained to the public during the Nouvelles Vagues festival.
Like everyone else, like all Americans, we didn’t notice anything but his name. We thought it might be someone who won a reality show or someone who participated in a TV show. We didn’t really pay attention to what they were saying about him.“
An absolutely irresistible opportunity to film
and add:Only after 6 months I saw what happened. There was a recording of his interrogation in the press. When I read it, I was immediately captivated by this incredible story, all the dichotomies that appeared in the character of this young woman.
Transcribed through this text in June 2017, we suddenly plunged into this person’s room in Georgia. This whole story was unfolding before our eyes and it was an absolutely irresistible opportunity for me to make a film.“.
Sidney Sweeney, one of the stars of Euphoria and seen in season 1 of White Lotus, carries the reality from start to finish. He very accurately portrays this young woman behind the wheel of her car, who seems a priori untroubled, American by the way… and whom we immediately empathize with. Did you know that Sidney Sweeney will soon be donning a superhero costume related to Spider-Man?
Two FBI agents knock on his car window, a conversation begins between them, and a standoff begins. The film offers a mise en abyme: the scene unfolds before our eyes and the FBI procedure through transcription. The audience is immersed in this young woman’s anxieties and questions and will be hooked until the end of the film.
Reality hits theaters this Wednesday, August 16, 2023.
Source: Allocine
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