(2024, Canada, 116')
Inspired by the book The Silent Brotherhood by Kevin Flynn and Gary Gerhardt, the film tells the true story of a group that terrorized the Pacific Northwest in the early 1980s with a series of increasingly violent and frequent crimes. Law enforcement and the FBI are in the dark until a lone agent stationed in a small Idaho town spots a pattern in recent bank robberies, counterfeiting operations, and armored truck assaults. This is not merely a group of criminals but a cell of white supremacists led by the charismatic Robert Jay Mathews, aiming to fund themselves to wage war against the U.S. government.
Making his debut at Venice, Australian director Justin Kurzel is known for his adaptation of Shakespeare’s Macbeth (2015) with Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard, and the following year he directed the blockbuster Assassin’s Creed (2016), based on the popular video game series. His more recent works include The Kelly Gang (2019) and Nitram (2021), both inspired by real-life events.
