The Bling Ring (2013)
Director: Sofia Coppola Run Time: 90 min. Rating: R Release Year: 2013
Starring: Claire Julien, Emma Watson, Israel Broussard, Katie Chang, Taissa Farmiga
Country: United States, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Japan
Language: English
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About the film:
Inspired by actual events, a group of fame-obsessed teenagers use the Internet to track the whereabouts of famous celebrities, then rob their homes of riches.
“For a satire on America’s modern day celebrity culture, The Bling Ring is hard to beat.”
—Hadley Freeman for The Guardian (UK)
About the filmmaker:
Screenwriter, director, producer, and performer, Sofia Coppola has earned international recognition for her groundbreaking brand of arthouse film. Among her many accolades, her feature directorial debut, The Virgin Suicides (1999), was nominated for the Golden Camera at Cannes. She was the first American woman to win the Golden Lion at Venice for Somewhere (2010) and second woman to win Best Director at Cannes for The Beguiled (2017).
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