SEBERG
by Benedict Andrews
Synopsis: Inspired by true events, Seberg tells the story of Breathless star and darling of the French New Wave Jean Seberg (Kristen Steward), who in the late 1960s was targeted by the illegal FBI surveillance program COINTELPRO. Seberg’s political and romantic involvement with civil rights activist Hakim Jamal made her a target of the FBI’s ruthless attempts to disrupt, discredit and expose the Black Power movement. An ambitious young FBI agent, Jack Solomon (Jack O’Connell) is assigned to surveil her, only to find his fate dangerously interwoven with her own.
Cast: Kristen Stewart, Jack O’Connell, Anthony Mackie, Vince Vaughn, Zazie Beets, Yvan Attal, Margaret Qualley.
2020 / Drama / USA / 103 min / English
Produced by Automatik - Fred Berger & Brian Kavanaugh-Jones, Kate Garwood & Stephen Hopkins
“An idealistic It Girl caught in the political crosshairs… The luminous Kristen Stewart keeps you glued throughout, giving a cooly compelling performance that becomes steadily more poignant as the subject unravels”
— The Hollywood Reporter
“Kristen Stewart delivers a subtle, enigmatic performance. It’s a hell of a story. A hell of a character study”
— Variety
