FRANTIC at Laemmle

FRANTIC, the latest feature film from cult Japanese director Shugo Fujii (Mimicry Freaks) will be showing for the first time in the US for one week in Glendale Laemmle Theater from the 14th of October to the 20th of October.The movie is an unpredictable, anarchic thriller following a group of actors who take the audience hostage during a theatre play. Twisted as hell, this is authentic Japanese modern cinema at its best. Insane, violent and with a labyrinthic narrative, the movie starts in a theatre in Japan where an audience of two hundred people watch a play. It quickly becomes clear that events onstage are going off-script, building to the players locking the doors and trapping everyone inside. The story then flashes back six months to follow two of the actors: Sho, who continually gets humiliated at auditions, and Tatsu, harassed by his father and working in a convenience store. Sho and Tatsu decide to follow their dreams by putting on their own play. Using criminal schemes to raise money, and soon in trouble with the local Yakuza, the play is their last chance to turn their lives around.Don't miss out!! For fans of Asian and Extreme cinema.