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C'MON C'MON
C'MON C'MON

• Director: Mike Mills
• USA / 2021 / DCP / Colour / 108’ / English; Turkish s.t.

• Screenplay: Mike Mills
• Director of Photography: Robbie Ryan
• Editing: Jennifer Vecchiarello
• Music: Aaron Dessner, Bryce Dessner
• Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Gaby Hoffmann, Woody Norman, Scoot McNairy, Molly Webster
• Producer: Chelsea Barnard, Lila Yacoub, Andrea Longacre-White
• Production Co.: Be Funny When You Can
• World Sales: A24
• Turkish Rights: Fabula Films

2021 Camerimage (Poland) Best Film, Audience Award
2021 National Board of Review (USA) Top 10 Independent Films
2022 London Film Critics Circle Young British/Irish Performer of the Year (W. Norman)

Radio journalist Johnny and his young nephew forge a tenuous but transformational relationship when they are unexpectedly thrown together along a trip across the USA from Los Angeles to New York and New Orleans. A touching, heart-warming road story with extraordinary performances, C'mon C'mon is a delicate and deeply moving story about the connections between adults and children, the past and the future. Joaquin Phoenix as Johnny in the lead is accompanied by three-time Emmy-nominated Gaby Hoffman, best known for her roles in Transparent and Girls.Commercials, music videos director, writer and graphic designer Mike Mills' Thumbsucker (2005) and Beginners (2010) were screened at previous editions of the festival.

This film was a Meetings on the Bridge participant.