By MICHAEL GINGOLD
The August release definitely lives up to its title.
Neon releases CUCKOO, writer/director Tilman Singer’s follow-up to his acclaimed LUZ, to theaters nationwide August 9; it also plays at Montreal’s Fantasia festival Tuesday, July 30. Hunter Schafer, Dan Stevens, Marton Csokas, Jessica Henwick, Jan Bluthardt, Greta Fernandez and Mila Lieu star; the synopsis: “Reluctantly, 17-year-old Gretchen [Schafer] leaves her American home to live with her father [Csokas], who has just moved into a resort in the German Alps with his new family. Arriving at their future residence, they are greeted by Mr. König [Stevens], her father’s boss, who takes an inexplicable interest in Gretchen’s mute half-sister Alma [Lieu]. Something doesn’t seem right in this tranquil vacation paradise. Gretchen is plagued by strange noises and bloody visions until she discovers a shocking secret that also concerns her own family.”
Singer and Stevens talk about CUCKOO in RUE MORGUE #219, now on sale.
