Kore-eda Hirokazu THE TRUTH

Rebecca Varidel
28th Oct 2019

THE TRUTH, which had its World Premiere as the Opening Night Gala of the 2019 Venice International Film Festival, is a wry and charming dramedy in which Deneuve stars as a celebrated actress and Binoche her estranged daughter, who reunite in Paris upon the release of the former’s memoirs. When the star’s long-suffering assistant unexpectedly quits, the two are forced into an awkward working relationship, where suppressed emotions can no longer be kept in check.

Working outside his native Japan for the first time, Kore-eda’s film maintains his trademark lyricism and humanism, and offers a moving examination of reality and fiction, family, performance, and the great spectacle of life.

Palace Films is delighted to announce that internationally acclaimed, Palme d’Or-winning director Kore-eda Hirokazu will be visiting Australia in November to attend Gala premiere screenings of his new film THE TRUTH, starring French cinema icons Catherine Deneuve and Juliette Binoche, together on-screen for the first time, and Academy Award-nominee Ethan Hawke.

In what will be his first ever visit to Australia, Kore-eda, who won the top prize of the Cannes International Film Festival in 2018 for Shoplifters will attend the Australian Premiere Screening of THE TRUTH in Sydney at the Hayden Orpheum Picture Palace Cremorne on Saturday 16 November. The event will be presented in partnership with the Sydney Film Festival and will include a post-screening Q&A hosted by revered film critic David Stratton.

Tickets to the premieres and special event screenings go on sale from 10am tomorrow Tuesday 29 October via palacefilms.com.au/thetruth.

THE TRUTH will be released nationally in Australian cinemas on Boxing Day (26 December) 2019.