Jordan Scott
It was a family affair this weekend at the London Film Festival as Jordan Scott, daughter of filmmaker Ridley Scott, followed in her father's footsteps as her new movie Cracks was screened over the weekend.
The Oscar winner was on the red carpet on Saturday night to support his daughter as she once again put British filmmaking in the spotlight.
Within the confines of a strict, all-girls English boarding school (circa 1930s), a clique students participate on the swim team not only to pass the time, but to be close to their swimming instructor, the enigmatic, yet charismatic, Miss G (Eva Green).
While Miss G originally encourages their idolization and crack (crush) on her, the teachers attention is quickly focused on the arrival of an exotic and beautiful Spanish foreign pupil, Fiamma (María Valverde).
As the new girl rebuffs her classmates, and further rejects Miss G's interest, her teammates begin to grow jealous of Miss Gs fascination with Fiamma, and resent the latter's distain of their instructor, accumulating in the inexplicable disappearance of Fiamma.
The movie is based on the novel by Sheila Kohler.
And although her father was there to support her Jordan revealed that she was 'slightly daunted' at following on the family tradition and hoped that there wouldn't be too much comparison between the two.
Speaking on the red carpet she said: "His films are very different and I'm a girl so hopefully there won't be any comparisons."
Chloe was also screened this weekend starring Julianne Moore, Amanda Seyfried and Liam Neeson and is based on director Anne Fontaine’s 2004 film Nathalie.
While Moore and Neeson turn in great performances that we have come to expect of them it's Seyfried that really steals the show as she comes into her own as the title character.
Catherine (Moore) is a successful doctor who suspects her handsome husband David (Neeson), is cheating on her.
To silence or answer her suspicions once and for all Catherine hires an irresistible and alluring young woman, Chloe (Seyfried), to put David’s fidelity to the test.
Chloe’s seductive behaviour begins to obsess Catherine, events take an unpredictable turn with potentially fatal consequences for her family.
It's an emotionally charged movie that tackles this idea of getting old and appearing less attractive to your partner.
But over this past week there have been some great performances on show as fatherhood too centre stage at the festival.
Clive Owen's latest movie The Boys Are Back was screened late last week and it based on the novel by Simon Carr and the British actor takes on the role of Joe Warr who suddenly finds himself a single parent.
Owen appears to have found himself a role that really could see him nominated for an Oscar during the awards season.
Viggo Mortensen's The Road looked at the relationship between a man and his son as they travel through a destroyed America when it was screened last week.
With only four days of the festival left The Prophet, The Informant, London Calling, Taking Woodstock and Nowhere Boy, which will close the festival, still to enjoy.
The London Film Festival runs until 20th October.
FemaleFirst Helen Earnshaw
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