MAPS TO THE STARS

By David CRONENBERG

SBS PRODUCTIONS - as PROD

Drama - Completed 2013

Complex look at Hollywood and what it reveals about western culture.

Festivals
& Awards

Festival de Cannes 2014
Competition Best Actress Award
    • Year of production
    • 2013
    • Genres
    • Drama
    • Countries
    • CANADA, FRANCE, GERMANY
    • Languages
    • ENGLISH
    • Duration
    • 111 mn
    • Director(s)
    • David CRONENBERG
    • Writer(s)
    • Bruce WAGNER
    • EIDR
    • 10.5240/9165-D580-CE17-D167-7E72-2
    • Producer(s)
    • Saïd BEN SAÏD, Michel MERKT, Martin KATZ
    • Synopsis
    • The Weiss family is the archetypical Hollywood dynasty: father Sanford is an analyst and coach, who has made a fortune with his self-help manuals; mother Cristina mostly looks after the career of their son Benjie, 13, a child star. One of Sanford’s clients Havana is an actress who dreams of shooting a remake of the movie that made her mother, Clarice, a star in the 60s. Clarice is dead now and vision of her come to haunt Havana at night. Adding to the toxic mix, Benjie has just come off a rehab program he joined when he was 9 and his sister, Agatha, has recently been released from a sanatorium where she was treated for criminal pyromania…