Cannes Market Dailies

Magniola Pictures brings LUCKY, a charming comedic drama starring iconic character actor Harry Dean Stanton, David Lynch and Ron Livingston. LUCKY is the debut feature of veteran actor John Carroll Lynch and recently world-premiered at SXSW to rave reviews.   

We will also be continuing sales on the delightful Sundance doc SCHOOL LIFE (formerly titled In Loco Parentis) and the Mick Rock profile SHOT! THE PSYCHO-SPIRITUAL MANTRA OF ROCK, among others. Screenings times will be announced shortly.  

LUCKY

DIRECTOR: John Carroll Lynch
CAST: Harry Dean Stanton, David Lynch, Ron Livingston
 

Lucky follows the spiritual journey of a 90 year old atheist and the quirky characters that inhabit his off the map desert town. Having out lived and out smoked all of his contemporaries, the fiercely independent Lucky finds himself at the precipice of life, thrust into a journey of self-exploration, leading towards that which is so often unattainable: enlightenment. 

Acclaimed character actor John Carroll Lynch's directorial debut, Lucky, is at once a love letter to the life and career of Harry Dean Stanton as well as a meditation on mortality, loneliness, spirituality, and human connection.

COMEDY, DRAMA- 88 min

SCHOOL LIFE

DIRECTORS: Neasa Ní Chianáin, David Rane

School Life documents a year in the highly unusual life of Headfort School, the only primary-age boarding school in Ireland, and follows long-time devoted teachers Amanda and John Leyden as they guide students into passions, including football, literature, and rock-n-roll. For nearly half a century, these two have shaped thousands of minds but now they must start making preparations for their retirement. Will their intimate and caring cultivation of future generations live on?

DOCUMENTARY- 100 min

XX 

DIRECTORS: Annie Clark, Karyn Kusama, Jovanka Vuckovic and Roxanne Benjamin 

XX is a new all-female helmed horror anthology featuring four dark tales written and directed by fiercely talented women: Annie Clark (St. Vincent), Karyn Kusama (THE INVITATION, GIRLFIGHT), Roxanne Benjamin (SOUTHBOUND) and Jovanka Vuckovic (THE CAPTURED BIRD). Award-winning animator Sofia Carrillo (LA CASA TRISTE) wraps together four suspenseful stories of terror featuring a cast including Natalie Brown, Melanie Lynskey, Breeda Wool and Christina Kirk.

HORROR - 100 min

SHOT! THE PSYCHO-SPIRITUAL MANTRA OF ROCK

DIRECTOR: Barnaby Clay

Legendary music photographer Mick Rock is best known for his iconic photographs of David Bowie, Lou Reed, Iggy Pop, Queen, and countless others. In a documentary as rock-n-roll as its subject, Mick Rock guides us through his psychedelic, shambolic first-hand experiences as the visual record-keeper of these myths and legends.

DOCUMENTARY - 98 min

THE EYES OF MY MOTHER

DIRECTOR: Nicolas Pesce

In their secluded farmhouse, a mother, formerly a surgeon in Portugal, teaches her daughter, Francisca, to understand anatomy and be unfazed by death. One afternoon, a mysterious visitor horrifyingly shatters the idyll of Francisca’s family life, deeply traumatizing the young girl, but also awakening some unique curiosities. Though she clings to her increasingly reticent father, Francisca’s loneliness and scarred nature converge years later when her longing to connect with the world around her takes on a distinctly dark form.

DRAMA, HORROR - 76 min

ALIVE AND KICKING

DIRECTOR: Susan Glatzer

Born out of the Great Depression, swing dancing elevates the human spirit beyond one’s circumstances as dancers can move to the beat for the sheer joy of it and disappear into something bigger, something dazzling, a space without a critic or a judge or an analyst. ALIVE AND KICKING gives the audience an intimate, insider’s view into the culture of the current swing dance world while shedding light on issues facing modern American society.

DOCUMENTARY- 88 min

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