Film info

Storyline

Based on J.G. Ballard's 1975 novel, the startlingly imaginative new film from Ben Wheatley (Kill List, Sightseers) is a retro-futuristic, dystopian phantasmagoria that unleashes the British director's wicked satiric powers on our 21st-century world by revisiting the book's pre-Thatcher-era milieu. The film centres on a young doctor, Robert Laing (Tom Hiddleston), who moves into a new luxury apartment building designed by the eccentric architect Mr. Royal (Jeremy Irons), who occupies the paradisiacal penthouse suite. Though Royal says he built the high-rise as "an agent for change," the Brutalist block of concrete has instead bred an atmosphere of incipient class strife between residents of the upper and lower floors - and what starts out as competitive hijinks between the segregated groups takes a turn toward tribalism and anarchy as the whole edifice begins to rot from within.

Ben Wheatley was born in Essex, England. He directed web shorts and television before transitioning to cinema with his feature directorial debut, „Down Terrace“ (2009). His features „Kill List“ (2011), „Sightseers“ (2012), and „A Field in England“ (2013) all played the Festival. „High-Rise“ (15) is his latest film.

Screening schedule

• 25.08.2016.

  Danubian sand island

  14:30h
• 26.08.2016.

  Urania cinema, Osijek

  20:00h

Tickets for screenings at Cinestar Vukovar, Danubian Sand Island, Borovo Cinema, Valpovo culture center, Centar znanja Vinkovci, Vucedol museum are free. For screenings at locations - Terrace of Agency for Waterways and Castle Eltz Park admission is 15 HRK. Tickets.