Cannes predictors start your engines. While it’s not confirmed, the season starts right now with the trailer to David Robert Mitchell’s latest film, “Under The Silver Lake.” Mitchell, the director of “The Myth of the American Sleepover” and the indie horror hit “It Follows” has an affinity for stories about adolescents and youth and applies those skills neo-noir crime thriller genre with “Under The Silver Lake.” And yes, his third film, to be distributed by A24 in the summer, is being heavily tipped to premiere at Cannes in May.
“Under The Silver Lake” stars Andrew Garfield, Riley Keough, Topher Grace, Zosia Mamet and it centers on a young man who becomes obsessed with the strange circumstances of a billionaire mogul’s murder and the kidnapping of a girl.
Here’s the official synopsis to “Under The Silver Lake”:
From the dazzling imagination that brought you It Follows comes a delirious neonoir fever dream about one man’s search for the truth behind the mysterious crimes, murders and disappearances in his East L.A. neighborhood.
Sam (Andrew Garfield) is a disenchanted 33-year-old who discovers a mysterious woman, Sarah (Riley Keough), frolicking in his apartment’s swimming pool. When she vanishes, Sam embarks on a surreal quest across Los Angeles to decode the secret behind her disappearance, leading him into the murkiest depths of mystery, scandal and conspiracy in the City of Angels.
From writer-director David Robert Mitchell comes a sprawling, playful and unexpected mystery-comedy detective thriller about the Dream Factory and its denizens — dog killers, aspiring actors, glitter-pop groups, nightlife personalities, It girls, memorabilia hoarders, masked seductresses, homeless gurus, reclusive songwriters, sex workers, wealthy socialites, topless neighbors, and the shadowy billionaires floating above (and underneath) it all. Mining a noir tradition extending from Kiss Me Deadly and The Long Goodbye to Chinatown and Mulholland Dr., Mitchell uses the topography of Los Angeles as a backdrop for a deeper exploration into the hidden meaning and secret codes buried within the things we love.
“Under The Silver Lake” opens June 22. Watch the trailer below.
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