The World Premiere of Marlowe starring Liam Neeson and Diane Kruger, directed by Irish filmmaker Neil Jordan, will close the Official Selection of the 70th San Sebastian Festival. The world premiere of the film is expected to be attended by the director along with Liam Neeson and Diane Kruger.

The feature film is based on the novel The Black Eyed Blonde, written by John Banville based on the immortal character created by the North American author Raymond Chandler almost 90 years ago. Set in Los Angeles in the late 30s, the story opens when private eye Philip Marlowe, played by the actor Liam Neeson, receives the commission to find the missing lover of a beautiful heiress.

Also starring in the film are Jessica Lange, Alan Cumming and Daniela Melchior.

The Irish moviemaker Neil Jordan (Sligo, 1950) began his career as a writer; however, in the early 80s he turned to the direction and production of films such as The Company of Wolves (1984); Mona Lisa (1986); The Crying Game (1992), with which he won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay; Interview with the Vampire (1994); Michael Collins (1996), which carried off the Golden Lion at the Venice Mostra; The Butcher Boy (1997), which bagged the Silver Shell for Best Director at the Berlinale, and The Good Thief (2002), opening film of San Sebastian Festival’s Official Selection. He has also written, directed and produced the series The Borgias (2011-2013), two-time winner of the Emmy Award. Jordan was president of the official jury at San Sebastian in 2019.

MARLOWE
NEIL JORDAN (IRELAND)
Cast: Liam Neeson, Diane Kruger, Jessica Lange, Alan Cumming, Daniela Melchior
CLOSING NIGHT FILM
Not in competition

In late 1930s noir-LA, Marlowe is tasked with finding a beautiful heiresses’ missing former lover. He soon discovers that underneath the missing man’s disappearance lies a web of corruption that puts him in the crosshairs of several of the city’s richest, and most dangerous constituents.