一九一八年,第一次世界大戰結束,戰勝國展開漫 長的凡爾賽條約談判過程。正值叛逆期的七歲美 國男孩,個性陰晴不定,外貌清秀還時常被誤認成 女生,隨著代表美國的外交官父親及虔誠基督徒母 親,住進法國鄉間的古老莊園。當大人忙於政治大 事,孤獨而騷動的幼小心靈,在高壓管教下跌跌撞 撞、無聲怒吼,邪惡的種子悄悄萌芽⋯⋯。 《大劊人心》的冷血少年布萊迪寇貝特,首次執導 便野心勃勃,結合多位二十世紀法西斯領袖的童年 經驗,以架空歷史探索「獨裁者如何誕生」,與麥 可漢內克的《白色緞帶》遙相呼應。更以大膽張狂 的運鏡、英國音樂怪才 Scott Walker 的魔音配樂, 帶出媲美《凱文怎麼了》般震懾人心的邪氣。集坎 城影后貝芮妮絲貝喬等一流卡司外,還有羅伯派汀 森客串演出。This chilling fable about the rise of fascism in the 20th Century tells the story of a young American boy living in France in 1918 whose father is working for the US government on the creation of the Treaty of Versailles. What he witnesses helps to mould his beliefs - and we witness the birth of a terrifying ego. Loosely inspired by the early childhood experiences of many of the great dictators of the 20th Century and infused with the same sense of dread as The Others and The Omen, The Childhood of a Leader is an ominous portrait of emerging evil.