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Written and directed by Oscar-winning filmmaker Damien Chazelle, the drama charts the highs and lows of the early Hollywood era in the 1920s. As sound finally enters the filmmaking scene, actors and directors lead passionate, risky projects to produce the next significant success. But the speaking films come with a wave of ambition and depravity that threatens to destroy those who aren’t fit for survival in this new Los Angeles. The historical drama co-stars Brad Pitt, Diego Calva, Margot Robbie, and Jean Smart.