Donnie Darko (25th Anniversary, 4K)
A genre-bending mind-bender featuring Jake Gyllenhaal’s breakthrough performance as the downcast Donnie. To mark its 25th anniversary, this cult classic (in a 4K restoration) is returning to Dutch movie theaters.
Maryland, United States, 1988. The troubled teenager Donnie Darko (Jake Gyllenhaal) is tormented by the ominous appearance of a man-sized rabbit. The creature predicts the end of the world in exactly 28 days, 5 hours, 12 minutes, and 42 seconds.
In a series of bizarre events, including a jet engine crashing into Donnie’s house, fate seems inevitable. Donnie is never the same after the prophecy. Everything seems to point to a strange disruption of time. How will he save himself, his friends, and his family?
Director Richard Kelly was only 26 years old and hadn’t even graduated from film school when he made his debut; yet he managed to cast big names like Drew Barrymore and Patrick Swayze. The director reserved a prominent role for the gloomy ’80s music of Echo & The Bunnymen, The Church, and Joy Division.
