The intensely talented, Oscar®-wining indie queen Tilda Swinton and Luca Guadagnino, the star and director of the universally acclaimed “I Am Love”, unite to investigate the true story of one of the most horrific, brutal and shockingly gratuitous murders ever committed.

Luca Guadagnino, Director (I Am Love; Melissa P)
Tilda Swinton (The Grand Budapest Hotel; We Need To Talk About Kevin; I Am Love)
Fabrizia Sacchi (Melissa P; The First Beautiful Thing)

One day, in 1994, two schoolboys decided to commit the perfect crime. They carried out the brutal and motiveless murder of a man in his car in London. The Protagonists is an original attempt to tell the story of this crime and depict the characters of those involved by breaking the boundaries of conventional drama and documentary filmmaking.

Disturbing and challenging, The Protagonists is also a touching, mesmerizing, impressively honest and imaginative docu-drama unlike any other.

“Tilda Swinton and Luca Guadagnino: a match made in arthouse cinema heaven.” – The Guardian.

“Guardagnino and Sorrentino are their generation’s only genuinely, radically different high stylists.” – Sight & Sound.

English and Italian Language with English Subtitles
On-set Photo Gallery
Argent Trailer Park