Age of The Nerd
From a screenplay by Shia LaBeouf, based on his own experiences, award-winning filmmaker Alma Har’el brings to life a young actor’s stormy childhood and early adult years as he struggles to reconcile with his father through cinema and dreams. Fictionalizing his childhood’s ascent to stardom, and subsequent adult crash-landing into rehab and recovery, Har’el casts Noah Jupe and Lucas Hedges as Otis Lort, navigating different stages in a frenetic career. LaBeouf takes on the daring and therapeutic challenge of playing a version of his own father, an ex-rodeo clown and a felon.
Artist and musician FKA twigs will make her feature-film debut, playing neighbor and kindred spirit to the younger Otis in their garden-court motel home. Har’el’s feature narrative debut is a one-of-a-kind collaboration between filmmaker and subject, exploring art as therapy and imagination as hope.
Catch HONEY BOY at the Toronto International Film Festival:
Tuesday, September 10 at 9:30pm at Roy Thomson Hall
Thursday, September 12 at 11:00am at Elgin Theatre
Friday, September 13 at 10:00am at Elgin Theatre
Amazon Studios will release HONEY BOY in theaters on November 8, 2019
Official Trailer Below:
