Casey Affleck returns to directing for the first time since 2019 with the Venice-bound Company, a Gothic mystery competing for the prestigious Golden Lion award. The film stars Nick Nolte, Ben Mendelsohn, Adelaide Clemens, Scoot McNairy, Emily Alyn Lind, Caylee Cowan, and Casey’s son, Atticus, in his acting debut.
Affleck reunites with co-writer Robert Hansen, author of The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford. Described as “a meditation on grief, vengeance, forgiveness, and the quiet acts of compassion that can heal even the deepest wounds,” the film is essentially an anthology telling three stories all wrapped into one.
SYNOPSIS: “On a winter night in 1975, a mysterious woman named Evelyn arrives uninvited at a holiday gathering and tells the story of Tom, an aging hermit who rescues a stranded actress during a Colorado blizzard in 1953. To pass the night, the actress recounts an older tale of a farming couple who take in a troubled young drifter as a series of grisly murders spreads fear across the frontier.”
Company doesn’t yet have U.S. distribution, but that could change following its Venice premiere. Check out some first-look photos and a teaser clip below!
