‘Club Kid’: A24’s Cannes Acquisition Dances Way Into Awards Season

EXCLUSIVE: Jordan Firstman‘s characteristic directorial debut, Club Kid, which excited Cannes successful its Un Certain Regard world premiere arsenic good arsenic A24, which took world authorities to nan pic, is hitting theaters connected Nov. 6 successful a constricted release.

That’s nan aforesaid play wherever A24 launched Greta Gerwing’s 5x Oscar nominated Lady Bird.

The movie, which follows Firstman arsenic a hard-partying New York City nine promoter, whose life is upended by nan presence of nan 10-year-old boy he ne'er knew he had, remains astatine 100% connected Rotten Tomatoes pinch critics. Firstman besides wrote nan movie.

The pic received a 7 infinitesimal opinionated ovation astatine its Cannes premiere pinch character Cara Delevingne teared up. A24 reportedly hit retired aggregate bidders for a pick-up value successful nan precocious teens millions.

Deadline movie critic Damon Wise described nan movie as “an improbable but still beautifully quality story” and praised Firstman’s ” elegant move into a much superior tone, 1 that addresses each nan questions you mightiness person had astir this man and his fittingness to raise a kid.”

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