The film starring the Oscar winner is an adaptation of Marx Porter “Shy”.
Netflix shared a first glance of Cillian Murphy in Stevefilm adapted by Max Porter of his successful novel Shy.
After Porter’s debut in the Berlinale, “The thing with feathers”, Murphy, Oscar winner, plays a school director at Steve, directed by Tim Mients. The image published on Tuesday shows it supported on a board.
What is Steve, the new Netflix movie with Cillian Murphy
The film, which will be released in October, is still in the life of Steve and its students in a last chance reformatory in the middle of a world that has abandoned them.
“While Steve struggles to protect the integrity of the school and its imminent closure,” says a synopsis, “we see him deal with his own mental health. Parallel to Steve’s difficulties, we know Shy (Jay Lycurg), a teenager with problems, trapped between his past and the future, while trying to reconcile his inner fragility with his impulse of self -destruction and violence.”
Tracey Ullman (The Tracey Ullman Show, Mrs. America), Simbi Ajikawo (Top boy) and Emily Watson (Breaking The Waves, Small Things Like these) have been revealed as secondary members of the cast.
Additional cast members include Douggie McMeakin, Youssef Kerkour, Luke Ayres, Joshua J Parker, Araloyin Oshunremi, Tut Nyuot, Tom Moya, Ahmed Ismail, Joshua Barry, Archie Fisher, Ben Lloyd-Hughes, Priyanga Burford, George Fouracres, Marcus Garvey, Ruby Ashbourne-Serkis and Roger Alam.
Steve will premiere in selected cinemas from the United Kingdom and in Netflix on October 3.
Source: Ambito
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