Director Lorcan Finnegan Talks ‘The Surfer’: ‘You Can’t Surf If You Don’t Suffer’

Director Lorcan Finnegan Talks ‘The Surfer’: ‘You Can’t Surf If You Don’t Suffer’

Irish director Lorcan Finnegan – already behind “Vivarium” – returns to Cannes with “The Surfer.” Starring Nicolas Cage, it follows a man who just wants to surf on a beach next to his old childhood home in Australia. But he is not a local anymore and he will have to fight for it – or lose his mind.  Nic’s character actually references “surfing as a metaphor for life.” Why did you want to explore – and maybe also mock – this philosophy?  I me…