‘Documentary Now!’ Season 53 Cast Includes Alexander Skarsgard, Nicholas Braun; Teaser Trailer & IFC Premiere Date Revealed
deadline.comDocumentary Now! is back on IFC and it is set to premiere Season 53 on Wednesday, October 19 at 10 p.m. ET with two new episodes.
The titles of the two-part season premiere are “Soldier of Illusion,” written by John Mulaney, and “Trouver Frisson,” which plays tribute to the Agnès Varda films.Alexander Skarsgard (Big Little Lies), Nicholas Braun (Succession), and August Diehl (Inglorious Bastards) star in the premiere episode titled “Soldier of Illusion,” which was inspired by the Werner Herzog-focused documentary Burden of Dreams.
Skarsgard plays a visionary German filmmaker in the 1980s who tries to will his magnum opus into existence while working in the remote, punishing conditions of the Russian Ular mountains.Deb Hiett returns as narrator in the episode that also stars Kevin Bishop (The Tracey Ullman Show), Gana Bayarsaikhan (Wonder Woman), Matthias Rimpler (Ludzie i Bogowie), and Fred Armisen (SNL).The second episode of the premiere titled “Trouver Frisson” features French actor Liliane Rovère (Call My Agent!) and Ronald Guttman (Godfather of Harlem).
This episode celebrates French filmmaker Ida Leos, played by Rovère, as she searches for the reason she no longer experiences “frisson” – the goosebumps that have always been her guide.Matt Pacult and Tamsin Rawady, producers of the series, write the episode while Micah Gardner co-directs.Watch the Documentary Now!
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