Country: UK, Germany, USA
Year: 2024
Duration: 114'
In the near future, prospective parents must pass an initial test in order to prove their suitability for parenthood, and then endure a seven-day live-in visit from a facilitator known as the assessor who will put them through the wringer in all kinds of imaginable and unimaginable situations where, at the end, they will either get a passing grade – or not. With Alicia Vikander, Elizabeth Olsen, Himesh Patel, Minnie Driver.
Biography
film director
Fleur Fortuné
(France) is a director and visual artist renowned for her evocative and cinematic storytelling. She has carved a niche for herself in the realms of music videos, commercials, and short films, blending surreal and often dreamlike imagery with compelling narratives. She gained attention with her music videos for artists like M83, Tricky, Skrillex, Drake, Pharrell Williams, and Travis Scott. Her innovative work earned industry acclaim, winning numerous awards and establishing her as a leading creative talent. Her work on M83’s trilogy and Birds in the trap short film showcases her ability to merge fantasy with reality, creating worlds that are both familiar and otherworldly. Driven by a profound desire to extend her creative universe, she Fleur embarked with The Assessment into feature film production.
FILMOGRAFIA
Travis Scott: Birds in the Trap (cm, 2017), Dream Thieves (cm, 2018), The Assessment (2024).
Declaration
film director
“The day I decided to bring a child to this world, I had no idea what a journey I was about to begin. Honestly, I never really questioned having kids – It just felt natural. […] So I stopped using contraception and.... Didn’t get pregnant. At first I casually ignored whether this was happening or not happening. But after a couple of years, I went to see a specialist, who very kindly informed me that I was, well, kind of infertile. […] This was the start of a long and grueling psychological and medical journey, filled with countless doctor visits, tests, experiments, couple arguments, injections at ridiculous hours, wild hormone swings, weight gain, surgery... Protocol 1, 2, 3, 4. Until finally, a fertility specialist admitted they didn’t really know what was going on, and they weren’t gods. […] That’s when the question first crossed my mind: why do I really want a child? What’s the point?! It was then that Stephen brought to me the script The Assessment. What if a society made couples take an absurd test before allowing them to have a child? At that point in my life, I felt a pretty deep connection to the story.”
Cast
& Credits
DIRECTOR: Fleur Fortuné. SCREENPLAY: Dave Thomas, Nell Garfath-Cox, John Donnelly. CINEMATOGRAPHY: Magnus Nordenhof Jønck. EDITING: Yorgos Lamprinos. PRODUCTION DESIGN: Jan Houllevigue. COSTUMES: Sarah Blenkinsop. MUSIC: Emilie Levienaise-Farrouch. CAST: Elizabeth Olsen, Alicia Vikander, Himesh Patel, Minnie Driver, Indira Varma, Charlotte Ritchie, Nicholas Pinnock, Leah Harvey, Anaya Thorley. PRODUCTION: Stephen Woolley, Elizabeth Karlsen, Shivani Rawat, Julie Goldstein, Jonas Katzenstein, Maximilian Leo, Grant S. Johnson per augenschein Filmproduktion, Number 9 Films, Project Infinity, ShivHans Pictures, Tiki Tane Pictures.
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