| Director: | Kathryn Bigelow |
|---|---|
| Production: | First Light Pictures (Kathryn Bigelow), Kingsgate Films (Greg Shapiro), Prologue Entertainment (Noah Oppenheim) |
| Running Time: | 112’ |
| Language: | English |
| Country: | USA |
| Main Cast: | Idris Elba, Rebecca Ferguson, Gabriel Basso, Jared Harris, Tracy Letts, Anthony Ramos, Moses Ingram, Jonah Hauer-King, Greta Lee, Jason Clarke |
| Screenplay: | Noah Oppenheim |
| Cinematographer: | Barry Ackroyd |
| Editor: | Kirk Baxter |
| Production Designer: | Jeremy Hindle |
| Costume Designer: | Sarah Edwards |
| Music: | Volker Bertelmann |
| Sound: | Paul N. J. Ottosson |
Cinema
A House of Dynamite
Venezia 82 Competition
Synopsis
When a single, unattributed missile is launched at the United States, a race begins to determine who is responsible and how to respond.
Director’s Statement
I grew up in an era when hiding under your school desk was considered the go-to protocol for surviving an atomic bomb. It seems absurd now — and it was — but at the time, the threat felt so immediate that such measures were taken seriously. Today, the danger has only escalated. Multiple nations possess enough nuclear weapons to end civilisation within minutes. And yet, there’s a kind of collective numbness — a quiet normalisation of the unthinkable. How can we call this “defense” when the inevitable outcome is total destruction?
I wanted to make a film that confronts this paradox — to explore the madness of a world that lives under the constant shadow of annihilation, yet rarely speaks of it.
Production/Distribution
PRODUCTION:
First Light Pictures - Kathryn Bigelow;
Kingsgate Films - Greg Shapiro;
Prologue Entertainment - Noah Oppenheim
WORLD SALES:
Netflix – Cai Mason
PRESS OFFICE:
Netflix
E-mail: AHouseofDynamite_Intl@ddaglobal.com
