Sundance 2020: 10 Films Everyone Is Buzzing About
7. Nine Days
At face value, the premise of Nine Days sounds a little bit ridiculous, almost like you're describing a comedy movie. It's about a man called Will - played by Black Panther's Winston Duke - who is tasked with interviewing souls for the privilege of being born.
But writer-director Edson Oda doesn't exactly play things for big belly laughs - far from it. Nine Days has been likened to movies like Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind, with the movie offering an extremely thoughtful take on its concept - how would people actually be chosen for the honour of being brought to life?
On the downside, the movie has been described as slow, dreary and perhaps a bit too "artsy", but with an insanely buzzy cast including Duke, Zazie Beetz, Benedict Wong and Bill Skarsgard, some beautiful cinematography and that extremely intriguing concept, it sounds like there's - potentially - going to be a lot to love here.