Shia LaBeouf’s Theater Company From Hell: Cannes Doc Reveals Actor’s Misconduct With Students and Hopes for Redemption

Leo Lewis O’Neil’s documentary “Slauson Rec” was one of the late additions to the Cannes Film Festival lineup, but it’s certainly now one of the festival’s buzziest titles following its premiere in the Cannes Classics section.

The film, which received a two-minute ovation on Sunday, had been teased for weeks as a rollercoaster ride through an experimental theater company run by a famous (or infamous, according to some) actor. In a smaller theater inside the festival’s Grand Palais on Sunday, however, the full two-hour-and-25-minute documentary was no trip to the theme park.