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Genius

Year
2016
Director
Michael Grandage
Runtime
104 min
Genre
History, Drama
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Synopsis

New York in the 1920s. Max Perkins, a literary editor is the first to sign such subsequent literary greats as Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald. When a sprawling, chaotic 1,000-page manuscript by an unknown writer falls into his hands, Perkins is convinced he has discovered a literary genius.

Festival record

  • BER 16

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Cast

  • Colin FirthMax Perkins
  • Jude LawThomas Wolfe
  • Nicole KidmanAline Bernstein
  • Laura LinneyLouise Saunders
  • Guy PearceF. Scott Fitzgerald
  • Dominic WestErnest Hemingway
  • Vanessa KirbyZelda Fitzgerald
  • Demetri GoritsasJohn Wheelock
  • Harry AttwellAssistant Editor
  • Angela Sant'AlbanoBertha Perkins

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