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Three Bill­boards Out­side Ebbing, Mis­souri to close the 2017 BFI Lon­don Film Festival

22 Aug 2017

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Outdoor billboard with red background and text, "AND STILL NO ARRESTS?", man standing on road in blue jacket facing billboard.
The lat­est from In Bruges writer/​director Mar­tin McDon­agh will cap off the 61st LFF.

With the 61st BFI Lon­don Film Fes­ti­val fast approach­ing, anoth­er major piece of the pro­gram­ming puz­zle has been dropped into place. For this year’s Clos­ing Night gala, British writer/​director Mar­tin
McDon­agh will unveil his lat­est black com­e­dy Three Bill­boards Out­side Ebbing, Mis­souri to UK audi­ences on Sun­day 15 October.

McDonagh’s third fea­ture after In Bruges and Sev­en Psy­chopaths, the film sees the very great Frances McDor­mand play an aggriev­ed moth­er who paints three provoca­tive signs lead­ing into her town aimed at the local police force, who she blames for fail­ing to find the cul­prit in her daughter’s mur­der case.

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On bring­ing the film to the LFF for its UK pre­mière, McDon­agh says, ​“I’m excit­ed to bring this film back to my home town. I’m more than proud of it and if there are any fans of In Bruges still out there, I don’t think they’ll be disappointed.”

The film also stars Woody Har­rel­son, Sam Rock­well, Abbie Cor­nish, Lucas Hedges, Caleb Landry Jones, John Hawkes and Peter Din­klage. You can watch the offi­cial trail­er here.

The 61st BFI Lon­don Film Fes­ti­val runs 4 – 15 Octo­ber. For more info vis­it bfi​.org​.uk/lff

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