Netflix has unveiled the trailer for Ferdinando Cito Filomarino’s upcoming political thriller Beckett, starring John David Washington and Alicia Vikander. Beckett, which also stars Vicky Krieps, Boyd Holbrook, Daphne Alexander, Panos Koronis, and Yorgos Pirpassopoulos, hits Netflix on Aug. 13. Watch the trailer below!
SYNOPSIS: “While vacationing in Greece, American tourist Beckett (John David Washington) becomes the target of a manhunt after a devastating accident. Forced to run for his life and desperate to get across the country to the American embassy to clear his name, tensions escalate as the authorities close in, political unrest mounts, and Beckett falls even deeper into a dangerous web of conspiracy.”
The movie is set to open the Locarno Film Festival’s 74th edition in Switzerland on August 4, before premiering on Netflix.
“There’s a piece of Locarno in the success story of Ferdinando Cito Filomarino. From the Pardi di domani to the Piazza Grande, the Locarno Film Festival is an incubator for talent, a training ground and finally as a launch pad for the most exciting filmmakers of the future,” said the festival’s artistic director Giona A. Nazzaro in a release that accompanied the announcement.
“’Beckett’ is a thriller that gives an original and contemporary reboot to the lessons learned from directors such as Sydney Pollack and Alan J. Pakula,” Nazzaro said. “An action film with a humanist dimension and intense civil engagement, here underpinned by a magisterial performance from John David Washington. Political commitment and great entertainment are the two main ingredients for a Piazza Grande that aims to surprise audiences and reassert the centrality of cinema in all its forms.”
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