Directed by:
Sean Price WilliamsScreenplay:
Nick PinkertonCinematography:
Sean Price WilliamsComposer:
Paul GrimstadCast:
Talia Ryder, Earl Cave, Simon Rex, Ayo Edebiri, Jeremy O. Harris, Jacob Elordi, Rish Shah, Emmy Harrington, Andy Milonakis, Jack Irv, Ella Rubin, Peter Vack (more)Plots(1)
The mental, social and political disarray of the United States, filmed like a game of hopscotch or a variation on "Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland". High school student Lillian runs away while on a school trip and, through a series of encounters, traverses the spectrum of contemporary radicalism and madness, from white supremacists to Islamic radicals, from neo-punks to woke avant-gardists. At every leg of her journey, she comes into contact with hermetic worlds, whose citizens rant and rave to each other, blissfully ignorant of their neighbors. A story at the crossroads of a traditional fairytale, a picaresque narrative and 1970s New Hollywood. (Cannes Film Festival)
(more)Cast
![Talia Ryder](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/688/166688026_8853a4.jpg)
Talia Ryder
USA
Best movies:
Dumb Money (2023)
Never Rarely Sometimes Always (2020)
The Sweet East (2023)
![Earl Cave](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/177/165177969_a08190.jpg)
Earl Cave
UK
Best movies:
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry (2023)
The Sweet East (2023)
Days of the Bagnold Summer (2019)
![Simon Rex](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272988_59a4b7.jpg)
Simon Rex
USA
Best movies:
Red Rocket (2021)
Project X (2012)
Blink Twice (2024)
![Ayo Edebiri](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/049/165049752_0aa62f.jpg)
Ayo Edebiri
USA
Best movies:
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)
Inside Out 2 (2024)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (2023)
Jeremy O. Harris
Best movies:
The Sweet East (2023)
Song to Song (2017)
![Jacob Elordi](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/686/164686925_358afb.jpg)
Jacob Elordi
Australia
Best movies:
Saltburn (2023)
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017)
2 Hearts (2020)
![Rish Shah](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/687/166687993_fa4807.jpg)
Rish Shah
UK
Best movies:
The Sweet East (2023)
Sitting in Bars with Cake (2023)
To All the Boys: Always and Forever, Lara Jean (2021)
![Emmy Harrington](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/633/158633955_75cd6d.jpg)
Emmy Harrington
Best movies:
The Sweet East (2023)
A Thousand and One (2023)
Catfight (2016)
Andy Milonakis
USA
Best movies:
Bodied (2017)
The Sweet East (2023)
Mac & Devin Go to High School (2012)
Jack Irv
Best movies:
The Sweet East (2023)
The Pale Blue Eye (2022)
Ella Rubin
USA
Best movies:
The Sweet East (2023)
The Idea of You (2024)
The Rewrite (2014)
![Peter Vack](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/478/161478492_9f5ab8.jpg)
Peter Vack
USA
Best movies:
CBGB (2013)
The Intern (2015)
After Everything (2018)
Keith Poulson
USA
Best movies:
The Life of David Gale (2003)
The Color Wheel (2011)
The Sweet East (2023)
Lucy Kaminsky
Best movies:
The Sweet East (2023)
Chained for Life (2018)