Where Are You (film)

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Where Are You
Directed by
  • Valentina De Amicis
  • Riccardo Spinotti
Screenplay by
  • Valentina De Amicis
  • Riccardo Spinotti
  • Matt Handy
Produced by
  • Marcella Spinotti
  • Dante Spinotti
  • Kyle Stroud
  • Rocco Bovo
  • Heather Kritzer
  • Markus Bishop-Hill
Starring
CinematographyDante Spinotti
Edited by
  • Kyle Stroud
  • Rocco Bovo
Music byLeonardo Milani
Production
company
Carte Blanche
Distributed by Gravitas Ventures
Release dates
  • November 22, 2019 (2019-11-22)(Taillinn)
  • October 21, 2022 (2022-10-21)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Where Are You is a 2019 American thriller film co-directed by Valentina De Amicis and Riccardo Spinotti from a screenplay by Amicis, Spinotti, and Matt Handy. The film stars Anthony Hopkins, Camille Rowe, Madeline Brewer, Angela Sarafyan, Mickey Sumner and Ray Nicholson. [1] [2]

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Cast

Release

The film premiered at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival in 2019 under the title Now Is Everything. [3] The film subsequently screened at the Locarno Festival in August 2021. [4] It was released by Gravitas Ventures on October 21, 2022. [5] [6]

Film poster using former title Now is everything xlg.jpg
Film poster using former title

Reception

Alex Saveliev of Film Threat rated the film a 6 out of 10. [4]

Matthew Joseph Jenner of the International Cinephile Society gave the film a positive review and wrote, "A meandering experimental drama set within the art world, the film exists at the intersection between art and existential philosophy, drawing inspiration from both areas and assimilating it flawlessly into the fabric of this enigmatic character study." [7]

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