BENEDICT ANDREWS

SEBERG (2020)
Starring Jack O'Connell, Kristen Stewart, Anthony MacKie, Vince Vaughn, Zazie Beetz, Stephen Root, Yvan Attal, Colm Meaney, Margaret Qualley and Laura Campbell. Directed by Benedict Andrews.

The story of 'Breathless' star and darling of the French New Wave Jean Seberg, who in the late 1960s was targeted by the illegal FBI surveillance program COINTELPRO.

Seberg’s political and romantic involvement with civil rights activist Hakim Jamal made her a target of the FBI’s ruthless attempts to disrupt, discredit and expose the Black Power movement. An ambitious young FBI agent, Jack Solomon, is assigned to watch her, only to find her fate dangerously interwoven with his own.

REVIEWS Seberg - 1960s race biopic misses mark but delivers captivating performances

UNA (2017)
Starring Rooney Mara, Ben Mendelsohn, Riz Ahmed, Indira Varma, Tara Fitzgerald, Tobias Menzies, Poppy Corby-Tuech, Isobelle Molloy, Natasha Little and Ciarán McMenamin. Directed by Benedict Andrews.

Fifteen years earlier, Una ran away with an older man, Ray, a crime for which he was arrested and imprisoned. When she comes across a photo of him in a trade magazine, Una tracks him down and turns up at his workplace. Her abrupt arrival threatens to destroy Ray’s new life and derail her stability. Unspoken secrets and buried memories surface as Una and Ray sift through the wreckage of the past. Their confrontation raises unanswered questions and unresolved longings. It will shake them both to the core.

REVIEWS Una - A dull, banal and woefully misguided male fantasy