Jude gets the surprise of his life when his biological father Les shows up at his adoptive mother's house in Vermont, ready to take him to Manhattan and become a real father to him. Jude is reluctant, given his father's questionable lifestyle and his drug-dealing ways, but the prospect of re-connecting with his friends Eliza and Johnny is tempting. Jude has more reason than most to hate the way his father makes money; it's not long since the death of his friend Teddy, who overdosed after a night out; and it's made even worse now that Les is in a relationship with Eliza's rich English mother Di. He has one escape though; his passion for straight-edge hardcore punk is at an all-time high and now that he's back with his friends, he can seize his guitar and play away the angst. Unfortunately, his peace isn't very long-lasting, because Eliza has one bombshell to drop that no-one was expecting - and it's going to change everything.
'Ten Thousand Saints' is an upcoming music drama set in 1987's New York. It explores the confusion world of an American teenager, but equally proves that it's not always the children whose lives become messed up. Based on the novel of the same name by Eleanor Henderson, it has been directed and written by Oscar nominated filmmaking duo Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini ('American Splendor', 'The Nanny Diaries'). The film will be released in the US on August 14th 2015.
Starring: Ethan Hawke, Asa Butterfield, Hailee Steinfeld, Avan Jogia, Emile Hirsch, Emily Mortimer, Julianne Nicholson, Nancy Ellen Shore