Boy Kills World

Local title
Poiss tapab maailma
Director
Moritz Mohr
Country
Germany, South Africa, USA
Year
2024
Festival
HÕFF 2024
Programme
HÕFF Main Programme
Genre
action
Subject
orphanage, dystopia, revenge

Festival closing film. A dystopian fever dream action film that follows Boy (Bill Skarsgaard, "It", "John Wick: Chapter 4"), a deaf mute with a vibrant imagination. When his family is murdered, he is trained by a mysterious shaman to repress his childish imagination and become an instrument of death.

Director
Moritz Mohr
Screenwriter
Tyler Burton Smith, Arend Remmers
Cast
Bill Skarsgård, Jessica Rothe, Yayan Ruhian, Andrew Koji, Isaiah Mustafa, Famke Janssen, Brett Gelman, Sharlto Copley
Producer
Sam Raimi, Wayne Fitzjohn, Roy Lee, Alex Lebovici, Simon Swart, Dan Kagan, Stuart Manashil, Zainab Azizi
DoP
Peter Matjasko
Editor
Lucian Barnard
Composer
Ludvig Forssell
Production
Nthibah Pictures, Hammerstone Studios, Raimi Productions, Vertigo Entertainment
Distributor
Estonian Theatrical Distribution OÜ
World sales
Lionsgate
Runtime
Language
English
Subtitles
Estonian
Other festivals
Toronto

Screenings

Teatrisaal Haapsalu kultuurikeskus
Screening039103 / Poiss tapab maailma
SubtitlesEstonian
Screening duration
Trailer