US subprime crisis on screen at Deauville Film Festival
- 9 years ago
US actor Michael Shannon was at the American Film Festival in Deauville for the launch of ’99 Homes’ by American director Ramin Bahrani.
Set in Florida during the 2000 subprime crisis, the film stars Andrew Garfield as Dennis Nash, a desperate construction worker evicted from his home by a ruthless real-estate broker, played by Shannon.
Director Ramin Bahrani says what was initially meant to be a social drama turned out as a thriller.
“When I first set out to make the film, I thought it was just going to be a social drama. When you hear the word “foreclusure”, you think ‘Oh it’s going to be a sad and depressing film.’ But as soon as I got to Florida, I realised everyone had a gun and there were endless corruption and scams. And it turned into a thriller, a kind of a classical gangster story, a Faustian tale, a deal with the devil theme, where Michael’s character is kind of a mentor and Andrew Garfield the apprentice.”
In order to get his house back, Nash reluctantly takes on a
Set in Florida during the 2000 subprime crisis, the film stars Andrew Garfield as Dennis Nash, a desperate construction worker evicted from his home by a ruthless real-estate broker, played by Shannon.
Director Ramin Bahrani says what was initially meant to be a social drama turned out as a thriller.
“When I first set out to make the film, I thought it was just going to be a social drama. When you hear the word “foreclusure”, you think ‘Oh it’s going to be a sad and depressing film.’ But as soon as I got to Florida, I realised everyone had a gun and there were endless corruption and scams. And it turned into a thriller, a kind of a classical gangster story, a Faustian tale, a deal with the devil theme, where Michael’s character is kind of a mentor and Andrew Garfield the apprentice.”
In order to get his house back, Nash reluctantly takes on a