The Marrakech International Film Festival has its opening-night movie. It was announced on November 2 that Jesse Eisenberg’s comedy The Debut will open the festival’s 23rd edition, running November 20-28, as an out-of-competition gala. Eisenberg and star Julianne Moore are both expected to attend.
The festival’s gala lineup is stacked: Luca Guadagnino’s Artificial and James Gray’s Paper Tiger, starring Adam Driver and Miles Teller, will also get gala premieres. In total, 76 films from 39 countries will play the festival.
The Debut follows Mona Friedman, played by Moore, a quiet New Jersey homemaker who is cast in the community-theater musical Nosy Neighbors — and transforms into an obsessive Method actor. Eisenberg wrote, directed and produced the film and also co-stars, alongside Paul Giamatti, Halle Bailey, Bernadette Peters and Cara Buono.
The film already has critical wind in its sails. TheWrap’s review from Telluride said Moore’s performance “knocks your socks off,” and A24 is handling distribution — the studio behind some of the most acclaimed comedies of recent years.
For Eisenberg, The Debut Marrakech Film Festival opening night continues his rapid rise as a director to watch, with Morocco’s red carpet set to shine on November 20.
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