Greek weird wave filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos, known for Academy Award-nominated favorites like “Poor Things” and “The Favourite,” is heading back to the Cannes Film Festival once again this year with his new film, “Kinds Of Kindness.” And Searchlight Picture is wasting no time celebrating by releasing a new trailer for the film.
“Kinds of Kindness” is an anthology film drama that follows three different stories. Lanthimos has said it’s almost like three films in one. The movie reunites him once again with Emma Stone (who won the Best Actress Oscar this year for “Poor Things,”) Jesse Plemons, Willem Dafoe, Margaret Qualley, Hong Chau, Joe Alwyn, Mamoudou Athie, and Hunter Schafer.
Here’s the official synopsis:
KINDS OF KINDNESS is a triptych fable, following a man without choice who tries to take control of his own life; a policeman who is alarmed that his wife who was missing-at-sea has returned and seems a different person; and a woman determined to find a specific someone with a special ability, who is destined to become a prodigious spiritual leader.
“Kinds Of Kindness” will be Lanthimos’ fourth film to play in Cannes. His 2009 film “Dogtooth” won the Un Certain Regard prize at the Cannes Film Festival and he’s been in the running for the line-up ever since when he’s not premiering in Venice. The film was written by Efthimis Filippou who also co-wrote “Dogtooth” (2009), “Alps” (2011), “The Lobster” (2015), “The Killing of a Sacred Deer” (2017).
“Kinds Of Kindness” debuts at the Cannes Film Festival in May and opens in select theaters on June 21 via Searchlight Pictures. Watch the new trailer below.