The Childhood of a Leader

The Childhood of a Leader

The story of the fate of a small American boy, Charles Prescott, living in France in 1918. His father works for the US government and participates in the development of the Versailles Peace Treaty. What the boy witnesses has a decisive influence on the formation of his beliefs, and before us unfolds the picture of the birth of a terrible personality. Read more "Twilight" star Robert Pattinson played the main role in the film. In addition, the British starred in such films as "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" (2005), "Remember Me" (2010) and "Water for Elephants" (2011). For the director of the picture, Brady Corbett, this tape became his debut in such a position in a full-length film. Previously, he directed the short film "Protect Me and Myself" in 2008. For "Leader's Childhood" he received an award from the Venice Film Festival as the best director. The picture was shown for the first time on September 3, 2015 at the Venice Film Festival, where it received two awards: the "Luigi de Laurentiis Award" and the previously mentioned "Venetian Horizons - Best Director". After that, the film managed to visit many festivals and was released in Sweden and Great Britain.