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Story
A tense industrial thriller tells the true story of lawyer Rob Bilott, who takes on one of the biggest chemical companies in the world. West Virginia, 1998. Large numbers of cows are dying under mysterious circumstances. The farmers suspect the chemical company DuPont and get in touch with successful industrial lawyer Rob Bilott (Mark Ruffalo) who works for the company. Despite the conflict of interest, Bilott wants to solve the case and does indeed find evidence of a gigantic ecological scandal. Supported by his boss Tom Terp (Tim Robbins) and his wife Sarah (Anne Hathaway) Bilott plunges into a conflict that could cost him his reputation and maybe even his life.
Director
TODD HAYNES (*1961) is an important pioneer of New Queer Cinema in the USA. His films Carol (2015) and Wonderstruck (2017) ran in competition in Cannes. In 2017 he was awarded the Honorary Leopard at the Locarno Festival.Trailer
Info
Dark Waters
Fiction Feature
English
Transatlantik//FF2020
USA
2019
126 min
OV with German subtitles
Todd Haynes
Mario Correa, Matthew Michael Carnahan
Mark Ruffalo, Tim Robbins, Anne Hathaway, Bill Camp, Victor Garber, Mare Winningham, Bill Pullman u.v.a.
Mark Ruffalo, Christine Vachon, Pamela Koffler
Edward Lachman
Drew Kunin (Production Sound Mixer)
Affonso Gonçalves
Marcelo Zarvos
Hannah Beachler
Christopher Peterson
Tobis Film GmbH
Lionsgate
Participant; Willi Hill; Killer Content; Amblin Partners
Uta Peleikis, Tobis Film GmbH: uta.peleikis@tobis.de
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