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The Childhood of a Leader

Turkish title: Bir Liderin Çocukluğu

“Witness the birth of a terrifying ego.”

2015 · 1 h 55 min
Directed by Brady Corbet
Drama

Cast

Tom Sweet Bérénice Bejo Liam Cunningham

Plot

Before the First World War, a boy in France grows up to be a fascist leader, in a story loosely after Sartre.

Sinekatalog’s take

Brady Corbet's debut follows a spoiled boy in post-war France becoming a future dictator. Grim, stylish and ominous, with Scott Walker's score, it is a chilling if austere study of the roots of tyranny.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 6.2 / 10 (7,760 votes)
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