SEDUCED AND ABANDONED combines acting legend Alec Baldwin with director James Toback as they lead us on a troublesome and often hilarious journey of raising financing for their next feature film. Moving from director to financier to star actor, the two players provide us with a unique look behind the curtain at the world's biggest and most glamourous film festival, shining a light on the bitter-sweet relationship filmmakers have with Cannes and the film business. Featuring insights from directors Martin Scorsese, 'Bernando Bertolucci' and Roman Polanski; actors Ryan Gosling and Jessica Chastain and a host of film distribution luminaries.
Acting
Baldwin's relentless charm offensive masking genuine panic
Direction
Toback turns humiliation into performance art
Writing
Conversations that feel staged until you realize Hollywood IS staged
Director
James Toback
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot during Cannes 2012, this captures a dying ecosystem: the year Netflix began disrupting traditional distribution, making the financiers' hesitation feel almost prophetically obsolete.
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