Louder Than Bombs (film)

Louder Than Bombs
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Directed by	Joachim Trier
Produced by	Thomas Robsahm Joshua Astrachan Marc Turtletaub Albert Berger Ron Yerxa Alexandre Mallet-Guy
Written by	Eskil Vogt Joachim Trier
Starring	Gabriel Byrne Jesse Eisenberg Isabelle Huppert Devin Druid Rachel Brosnahan Ruby Jerins Megan Ketch David Strathairn Amy Ryan
Music by	Ola Fløttum
Cinematography	Jakob Ihre
Edited by	Olivier Bugge Coutté
Production company	Animal Kingdom arte France Cinéma Beachside Bona Fide Productions Memento Films Production Motlys Nimbus Film
Distributed by	SF Norge A/S (Norway) Memento Films Production (France) Soda Pictures (UK)
Release date	18 May 2015 (2015-05-18) (Cannes) 15 September 2015 (2015-09-15) (TIFF) 2 October 2015 (2015-10-02) (Norway) 3 December 2015 (2015-12-03) (Denmark) 9 December 2015 (2015-12-09) (France)
Running time	109 minutes
Country	Norway France Denmark
Language	English
Budget	US$11 million
Box office	US$601,999

Louder Than Bombs is a 2015 internationally co-produced drama film directed by Joachim Trier, and co-written with Eskil Vogt. The film stars Jesse Eisenberg, Gabriel Byrne, Isabelle Huppert, David Strathairn, and Amy Ryan.

It was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival. It has also been selected to be shown in the Special Presentations section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival. It won the Nordic Council Film Prize.

On 9 May 2013, Eisenberg, Byrne, and Huppert joined the film, which Trier was set to direct for his English-language debut. On 29 August, the film was postponed indefinitely due to financial problems. On 5 February 2014, Arte France Cinema was on board to finance the film. On 4 September, Strathairn and Ryan joined the cast of the film. On 9 September, Brosnahan joined the film to play Eisenberg's character's ex-girlfriend.

On 21 August 2014, it was reported that the crews started the preparations for the shooting of the film on Northern Boulevard in Bayside, New York. The eight-week of filming began on 4 September 2014, in New York City.

Louder Than Bombs has received generally positive reviews from critics. On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a 73% approval rating based on 106 reviews, with an average rating of 6.8/10. The general consensus being: "Louder Than Bombs finds director Joachim Trier using a capable cast in pursuit of some lofty dramatic goals, even if his ambitions occasionally evade his grasp." Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, reports the film has a score of 70 based on 32 reviews.