Midnight Special

Sci-fi drama from the winner of two Cannes Film Festival awards and the director of "Shelter" and "Mud" Jeff Nichols. Alton Meyer is unlike any other child on Earth. He has powerful destructive abilities and strange weaknesses. When the boy becomes the focus of religious fanatics, his father, Roy, decides to run away from them. However, the Meyers soon become the prey of larger predators - the US government and the National Security Agency. Roy is willing to take any risk to save Alton. The boy must fulfill his purpose. Read more The director of the film "Midnight Special" Jeff Nichols has three films to his credit: the thriller "Fire Stories", the drama "Shelter", which won two awards at the Cannes Film Festival, and the crime film "Mad" with Matthew McConaughey. It is interesting that Michael Shannon played in all these films. "Midnight Special Edition" became the fourth joint work of the director and the actor. Kirsten Dunst ("Spider-Man", "Melancholia"), Adam Driver ("Inside Llewyn Davis", "Star Wars: The Force Awakens"), Joel Edgerton ("The Great Gatsby", "Black Mass"), Dana Gourier ("The Hateful Eight"), Jaden Lieberer ("Saint Vincent"), Sam Shepard ("Cold in July") and others also starred in the fantastic drama. For Jeff Nichols, "Midnight Special" is the first studio film. Initially, he was going to work with an independent film studio, rather than Warner Bros. Pictures, in order to have more freedom of action. Nichols announced this at the last meeting with the producers, who went to meet him for financial reasons. According to the plot of the film, the heroes are fleeing from New Mexico. They cross Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama on their way to Florida. Some scenes were filmed in these states, but most - in New Orleans and small towns. "Midnight Special Edition" was presented in competition at the Berlinale in 2016.