It Doesn't Matter (film)

It Doesn't Matter is a 2024 film from Josh Mond, starring Christopher Abbott and Jay Will. The film premiered at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival on 16 May 2024.

It Doesn't Matter
Directed byJosh Mond
Screenplay byJosh Mond
Oscar Bodden Gonzalez
Alice de Matha
Produced by
Alice de Matha
  • Josh Mond
  • Oscar Bodden Gonzalez
  • Odessa Rae
  • George Beno
Starring
Edited byAlice de Matha
Music byClams Casino
Animation byAnthony F. Schepperd
Production
company
CHMOND Inc
  • Films AdeMD
Release date
Running time
86 minutes
CountriesUnited States
France
LanguageEnglish

Premise

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The film studies the relationship between Alvaro, from Staten Island, and a young filmmaker over the course of seven years, during a journey across the United States.[1]

Cast

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Production

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Mond told Indie Wire of his plans for the film in 2015, the year of his previous feature film James White.[2] The film stars Christopher Abbott and Jay Will.[3] Both character films his life with a mobile phone which Mond told Variety was designed to be "therapy for both of them. I wanted it to feel as real as possible, and show both characters’ perspectives."[4] The actors shot some scenes themselves, as did Alice de Matha, the films co-writer and editor, the co-producer George Beno and co-writer Oscar Bodden Gonzalez, with the shots mixed together. Mond worked for six years in collaboration with Anthony F Schepperd, as well as London-based company Blind Pig, on the animation within the film.[5]

Release

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The film featured at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival parallel section Acid, run by France’s Association for the Diffusion of Independent Cinema (Acid).[6]

References

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  1. ^ "IT DOESN'T MATTER BY JOSH MOND SELECTED FOR ACID 2024". Sortiraparis.com. 16 April 2024. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
  2. ^ Schmidlin, Charlie (18 November 2015). "Interview: Director Josh Mond Talks 'James White,' Creative Collaboration, And More". Indie Wire. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
  3. ^ Goodfellow, Melanie (April 16, 2024). "Cannes Parallel Section ACID Unveils 2024 line-Up: Josh Mond's 'It Doesn't Matter' With Christopher Abbott & Jay Will Makes Cut". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
  4. ^ Goldstein, Gregg (May 13, 2024). "From Paul Schrader to Christophe Honoré, Cannes Directors Keep Making Movies About Their Favorite Subject — Moviemaking". Variety. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
  5. ^ Požarska, Līga (16 May 2024). "Josh Mond • Director of It Doesn't Matter". Cineuropa. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
  6. ^ Bergeson, Samantha (16 April 2024). "'It Doesn't Matter' First Look: Christopher Abbott Floats Through Surreal Meta Dramedy". Indie Wire. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
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