Maps To The Stars

Director: David Cronenberg
Cast: Mia Wasikowska, Julianne Moore, John Cusack, Robert Pattison.

Insecure actresses, spiritual healers, child stars on drugs… welcome to Hollywood, David Cronenberg style. Add a gripping plot and stunning performances from leads Julliane Moore and Mia Wasikowska, and you have a riveting psychological thriller that will stay with you.

Moore won Best Actress at Cannes for her portrayal of Havana, an over-the-hill actress auditioning for a role first played by her mother. Wasikowska is Agatha, new to Los Angeles and keen to get work.

John Cusack plays a therapist married to the controlling Christina (Williams), while limo driver and aspiring actor Jerome (Pattinson) seems outwardly likeable but may be capable of anything in order to achieve his goal. Each character’s story is both bitterly funny and loaded with mystery, and through this disparate bunch Cronenberg has plenty to say about family, ambition, wealth and commerce.

“NIGHTMARISHLY COMPELLING” Daily Telegraph
“THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST HOLLYWOOD TAKE-DOWNS EVER MOUNTED” Total Film