Andrew Garfield and Michael Shannon star in the gripping real estate drama.
A trailer has been released for gritty social drama 99 Homes (2014), the latest from American writer-director Ramin Bahrani set against the backdrop of the foreclosure crisis in America. The film competed for the Golden Lion at the 71st Venice International Film Festival, and screened in the Special Presentation section of the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival, to strong reviews.
Inspired by true events, the film sees Andrew Garfield playing Dennis, a construction worker and single dad who lives with his mother (Laura Dern) and struggles to provide for his family. When they are evicted from their family home by a ruthless real-estate broker, played by Michael Shannon, Dennis is forced to accept a job as his handyman-cum-protege, and slowly finds himself abandoning his moral code for easy cash.
Watch the trailer below:
Official synopsis:
In this timely thriller, charismatic and ruthless businessman, Rick Carver (Academy nominee Michael Shannon), is making a killing by repossessing homes – gaming the real estate market, Wall Street banks and the US government. When he evicts Dennis Nash (Golden Globe nominee Andrew Garfield), a single father trying to care for his mother (Academy Award nominee Laura Dern) and young son (newcomer Noah Lomax), Nash becomes so desperate to provide for his family that he goes to work for Carver – the very man who evicted him in the first place. Carver promises Nash a way to regain his home and earn security for his family, but slyly seduces him into a lifestyle of wealth and glamour. It is a deal-with-the-devil that comes with an increasingly high cost – on Carver’s orders, Nash must evict families from their homes. As Nash falls deeper into Carver’s web, he finds his situation grows more brutal and dangerous than he ever imagined.
