Emma Stone and Margaret Qualley in ‘Kinds of Kindness’

The two actresses in a sequence from the third episode of Kinds of KindnessYorgos Lanthimos’ latest film. A film in three episodes, shot in New Orleans, of “ordinary” submission and manipulation. The director, also co-screenwriter with the faithful Efthimis Filippou, says: «I think it is interesting to observe the way in which a person is convinced that they are in control of their life or to be free to decide. Then, when she is given absolute freedom, she struggles to face it and manage it. She is a microcosm of real life: talks about how individuals seemingly without any power can manage to control people who actually seem much stronger… With a film that tells only one story, the audience is more concentrated, because they have more time to think about what is happening and apply the its logic to history. With an anthology we tend to apply our impressions of the first story to the next story. It’s a more complex and immersive experience. Different people identify different themesand that’s a really interesting structure… Interesting as the idea of ​​having the same cast in different roles. We thought about it and the more we wanted to avoid this choice becoming a simple gimmick. We decided that the differences between each character should be subtle: slightly different makeup and hairstyle, small changes in behavior and facial expressions… They are stories and very different characters, and this is enough to distinguish them. Keeping the same actor from story to story adds a sense of continuity on a subconscious level. The most important thing was that the actors changed the script from time to time speed and energy of their performances…”. In the cast of Kinds of Kindness we find: Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, Willem Dafoe, Margaret Qualley, Hunter Schafer, Hong Chau, Joe Alwyn, Mamoudou Athie.