PAIN HUSTLERS
Section: Special Presentations
Director: David Yates
Screenwriter: Wells Tower
Logline: Pain Hustlers is the story of a woman named Liza Drake (Emily Blunt), a struggling divorcee who gets a job at a low-rent pharma company. She transforms it into a hugely successful company, but in doing so, she starts to cross a few red lines in terms of the moral journey she’s on.
U.S. Distributor: Netflix
Panelists: David Yates (director and producer), Lawrence Gray (producer)
First Screening: Sept. 11, 2023.
Key Quote: “It’s really an American parable about how ambition and greed and naivety can overrun you and take you to some pretty dark places. I’d been making lots of big fantasy movies, and I was having a fun time, but I wanted to go back to my roots and do something that was a bit more earthed.” – David Yates.
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