"Silent Night" Director Camilla Griffin Adults are so wrong [Director's Interview Vol.262]

On Christmas night, a mysterious poisonous gas sweeps across the world, and humanity chooses euthanasia. It's a tragic world depicting the end of the world, but at first glance it looks like just another happy Christmas. The children openly ask questions while the adults pretend to be calm. What's amazing about this movie is that it depicts the reality in advance, as if predicting the situation we are currently in, such as pandemics and wars. This is surprising since the project itself started before the coronavirus pandemic.

Director Camilla Griffin is also the biological mother of the children who appear in the film. One of her children is Roman Griffin Davis, who appeared in `` Jojo Rabbit '' (19). Director Griffin created this film by incorporating the unique perspective of a mother. During the online interview, he answered questions with great emotion and sincerity.

"Silent Night" synopsis

British couple Nell (Keira Knightley) and Simon (Matthew Goode), their sons Art (Roman Griffin Davies) and twin Hardy are hosting a Christmas dinner party at their country house. & Thomas's family of five, their best friends from school days and their spouses gather one after another. All 12 men and women, including children, enjoyed being reunited for the first time in a while, but this year's Christmas was different than usual. A mysterious, highly poisonous gas that kills all living things has swept across the globe, and will reach England tomorrow. After enjoying the party, the adults take a suicide pill called the EXIT pill distributed by the government and make an agreement that they will die together with dignity. However, during the night of madness spent by the 12 people who are not at peace at heart, unexpected troubles repeatedly break out. Finally, someone appears who declares that the agreement has been broken, but at this time the threat of poison gas is already approaching...

Index

• The British film industry doesn't like changing direction.
• Adults are very wrong

The British film industry doesn't like changing direction.

Q: I was surprised that the content of the movie was so similar to the current world situation.

Griffin: There have always been many problems in the world, but the pandemic has magnified all of those social, political, and emotional problems. Perhaps that's why the content of the movie ended up being too similar to today's world. Although it wasn't an intentional resemblance, it was because they were so similar that the movie became so powerful. Some viewers may find it difficult.

When I make a movie that raises issues, I have to take the stance of saying, ``You should definitely see it!'', but now I feel a little guilty because I think that some people might be offended by this movie. .

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Q: Three actual children appear as actors. Please tell us about the circumstances behind their appearance.

Griffin: I saw Taika Waititi use comedy to depict war in Jojo Rabbit , in which his son Roman starred, and I thought, ``Oh, I see!'' Taika gave me inspiration, which gave me hope for making a film.

I had always wanted to make a film, but the British film industry wouldn't give me any funding. It seems that what I am writing is too ambitious. The British film industry doesn't like ambitious films; they don't want to change course. I always make the same stories, like stories about the working class or rural farmers. Since the British film industry wouldn't give us the money anyway, I decided to make a movie with a small budget, so I made this movie by having children appear in it, and by setting it in one location. .

Adults are very wrong