Sofia Coppola‘s The Bling Ring will open the Un Certain Regard selection at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival (see the complete lineup here) and today a new trailer promoting the film’s June 14 stateside release has dropped.
The Bling Ring tells the story of a group of teenagers obsessed with fashion and celebrity that burglarize celebrities’ homes in Los Angeles. Tracking their targets’ whereabouts online, they break-in and steal their designer clothes and possessions. Reflecting on the naiveté of youth and the mistakes we all make when young, amplified by today’s culture of celebrity and luxury brand obsession, we see through the members of the Bling Ring temptations that almost any teenager would feel. What starts out as teenage fun spins out of control and leaves us with a sobering view of our culture today.
The film is based on the Vanity Fair article “The Suspects Wore Louboutins” by Nancy Jo Sales and stars Emma Watson, Israel Broussard, Katie Chang, Claire Julien, Taissa Farmiga, Leslie Mann, Gavin Rossdale, and real-life Bling Ring victim, Paris Hilton.
I listed the film as one of my most anticipated of 2013 and I truly hope it’s worth my anticipation and a place on the Croisette.
Check out the latest trailer below.
