The Bling Ring

It was an article published in Vanity Fair magazine four years ago that inspired the “Lost in Translation” writer and director, Sofia Coppola, to depict on screen the real incidents of a series of burglaries committed, between 2008 and 2009, by a group of adolescents who came from one of the most privileged neighborhoods in Los Angeles and who broke into the homes of famous Hollywood stars, before the police tracked them down and arrested them.

When: Monday, September 9th, at 21:00
Where: Lais cinema, Iera Odou 48 kai Meg. Alexandrou (see map below)
Free entrance

Before that happened, the gang of five (four girls and a boy) filled their closets with clothes and footwear by hip designers, strolled around town with accessories worth thousands of dollars and posted their pictures on Facebook while wearing the stolen items, without fully realizing the criminal penalties that could be brought upon them by their actions.

Through its storyline, steeped in irony, Coppola’s film closely captures the portrait of a narcissist youth, which is so pointlessly pre-occupied with its image and is so damned in its constant ego trip that you cannot help but wonder whether they deserve your sympathy or (better yet) your mercy.

All of the above is accompanied by one of the best compilation soundtracks of the year.

the bling ring από NyxtesPremieras

Directed by: Sofia Coppola
Starring: Katie Chang, Israel Broussard, Emma Watson, Claire Julien
Running time: 90'
Year of production: 2013

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The 3rd Athens Open Air Film Festival is organized by the Athens International Film Festival and the CINEMA magazine – cinemagazine.gr, with the kind support of the Greek National Tourism Organisation..