''Viena and the Fantomes'' is an American musical
romantic drama film
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, written and directed by Gerardo Naranjo. It stars
Dakota Fanning
Hannah Dakota Fanning (born February 23, 1994) is an American actress. She rose to prominence at the age of seven for her performance as Lucy Dawson in the drama film ''I Am Sam'' (2001), for which she received a Screen Actors Guild Award nomina ...
,
Jeremy Allen White
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,
Frank Dillane
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,
Olivia Luccardi
Olivia Luccardi (born May 17, 1989) is an American actress and producer. She is known for her roles as Alice Woods in Syfy's horror anthology series '' Channel Zero: Butcher's Block'' and as Yara Davis in the supernatural thriller film ''It Fol ...
,
Sarah Steele
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,
Philip Ettinger
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, Ryan LeBeouf,
Caleb Landry Jones
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,
Zoë Kravitz
Zoë Isabella Kravitz (born December 1, 1988) is an American actress, singer, and model. She made her acting debut in the romantic comedy film '' No Reservations'' (2007). Her breakthrough came with portraying Angel Salvadore in the superhero fi ...
and
Evan Rachel Wood
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.
It was released on June 30, 2020, by
Universal Pictures
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.
Plot
A roadie travels across the United States with a punk band during the 1980s.
Cast
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Dakota Fanning
Hannah Dakota Fanning (born February 23, 1994) is an American actress. She rose to prominence at the age of seven for her performance as Lucy Dawson in the drama film ''I Am Sam'' (2001), for which she received a Screen Actors Guild Award nomina ...
as Viena
*
Jeremy Allen White
Jeremy Allen White (born February 17, 1991) is an American actor. He is best known for his long-running role as Phillip "Lip" Gallagher on the Showtime dramedy series '' Shameless'' (2011–2021). He has also appeared in the first season of the t ...
as Freddy
*
Frank Dillane
Frank Stephenson Dillane (born 21 April 1991) is an English actor and musician. He is known for his roles as Nick Clark on '' Fear the Walking Dead'' (2015–2018) and 16-year-old Tom Riddle in the film ''Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince ...
as Keyes
*
Olivia Luccardi
Olivia Luccardi (born May 17, 1989) is an American actress and producer. She is known for her roles as Alice Woods in Syfy's horror anthology series '' Channel Zero: Butcher's Block'' and as Yara Davis in the supernatural thriller film ''It Fol ...
as Rebecca
*
Sarah Steele
Sarah Jane Steele (born September 16, 1988) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Marissa Gold on the CBS legal drama series ''The Good Wife'' (2011–2016) and its CBS All Access spinoff series ''The Good Fight'' (2017–20 ...
as Loona
*
Philip Ettinger
Philip Ettinger is an American actor who first gained attention for his supporting role as the troubled environmental activist, Michael, in Paul Schrader's '' First Reformed'' (2017). Other significant roles have been as Garrett Drimmer in the C ...
as Boyer
* Ryan LeBeouf as Paul
*
Caleb Landry Jones
Caleb Landry Jones (born December 7, 1989) is an American actor and musician, known for his roles as Banshee in '' X-Men: First Class'', Jeremy Armitage in '' Get Out'', Red Welby in ''Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri'', Ty Carter in '' T ...
as Albert
*
Zoë Kravitz
Zoë Isabella Kravitz (born December 1, 1988) is an American actress, singer, and model. She made her acting debut in the romantic comedy film '' No Reservations'' (2007). Her breakthrough came with portraying Angel Salvadore in the superhero fi ...
as Midge
*
Evan Rachel Wood
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as Susi
*
Jon Bernthal
Jonathan Edward Bernthal (; born September 20, 1976) is an American actor.
Beginning his career in the early 2000s, he came to prominence for portraying Shane Walsh (The Walking Dead), Shane Walsh on the AMC (TV channel), AMC horror series ' ...
as Monroe
Production
Production on the film began in 2014 in
Las Vegas, Nevada
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, with Gerardo Naranjo making his English-language debut from a screenplay he wrote. The film ultimately was delayed until 2020, due to the filmmakers wanting the "perfect" edit.
Release
The film was released through
video on demand
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on June 30, 2020, by
Universal Pictures
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.
Critical reception
''Viena and the Fantomes'' holds approval rating on review aggregator website
Rotten Tomatoes
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, based on reviews, with an average of .
References
External links
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* {{Rotten Tomatoes, viena_and_the_fantomes
2020 films
American musical drama films
American romantic drama films
American romantic musical films
Films shot in Nevada
Universal Pictures films
Films about musical groups
American road movies
2020s English-language films
2020s American films