Benny Safdie: The Smashing Machine (2025) + Intro Q&A

Name: Benny Safdie: The Smashing Machine (2025) + Intro Q&A
Start: 2025-10-01T19:30:00+00:00
End: 2025-10-01T22:00:00+00:00
Location: Háskólabíó

Schedule

Wed Oct 01 2025 at 07:30 pm to 10:00 pm

UTC+00:00

Location

Háskólabíó | Reykjavík, RE

Benny Safdie er einn afkastamesti og djarfasti leikstjóri Bandaríkjanna um þessar mundir. Hann er sérstaklega þekktur fyrir kvikmyndir sem hann og bróðir hans unnu að í sameiningu, þar sem Safdie bæði leikstýrir og leikur á móti risastórum nöfnum í Hollywood, líkt og Adam Sandler (Uncut Gems, 2019) og Robert Pattinson (Good Time, 2017). Nú vinnur Safdie sjálfstætt og fer sigurför um heiminn með nýjustu mynd sína The Smashing Machine með Dwayne Johnson í aðalhlutverki. Myndin verður sýnd á RIFF með sérstakri rafrænni kynningu frá Benny Safdie í rauntíma.
Í The Smashing Machine er sögð sagan af fjölbragðaglímukappanum Mark Kerr, sem faldi flóknar tilfinningar með hrikalegum fantabrögðum sínum í hringnum. Úr verður áhugaverð svipmynd þar sem ógurlegur styrkur felur brothætta sál.
Sýningin byrjar eftir stutta kynningu frá Benny Safdie kl 19:15.
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Benny Safdie is one of the most prolific and daring directors working in the United States today. He is especially known for the films he co-directed with his brother, where Safdie both directed and acted alongside Hollywood heavyweights such as Adam Sandler (Uncut Gems, 2019) and Robert Pattinson (Good Time, (Uncut Gems, 2019) and Robert Pattinson (Good Time, 2017). Safdie is now working independently and is taking the world by storm with his latest film The Smashing Machine starring Dwayne Johnson in the lead role. The film will be screened at RIFF with a special live-streamed introduction from Benny Safdie himself.
The Smashing Machine tells the story of wrestler Mark Kerr, an American MMA legend who masked his complicated emotions with raw aggression inside the ring. The film marks Benny Safdie’s first solo feature as a director and stars Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson as Kerr, with Emily Blunt playing his wife.
The screening will start after a short intro from Benny Safdie at 19:15.