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WHO’S IN IT?

Jennifer Aniston (We’re The Millers), Adriana Barraza (Babel), Felicity Huffman (Transamerica), William H. Macy (Fargo), Anna Kendrick (Up In The Air), Sam Worthington (Avatar), Chris Messina (Argo), Mamie Gummer (Side Effects), Misty Upham (August: Osage County), Rose Abdoo (Bad Teacher), Camille Guaty (Ghosts of Girlfriends Past), Ashley Crow (Minority Report), Paula Cale (Providence), Pepe Serna (The Black Dahlia), Julio Oscar Mechoso (Machete Kills), Lucy Punch (Hot Fuzz), Camille Mana (Smart People)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Daniel Barnz (Beastly), director; Patrick Tobin (No Easy Way), writer; Ben Barnz (Phoebe in Wonderland), Mark Canton (300), Kristin Hahn (The Time Traveller’s Wife) and Courtney Solomon (Getaway), producers; Christophe Beck (The Hangover), composer; Rachel Morrison (Fruitvale Station), cinematographer; Kristina Boden (Carlito’s Way) and Michelle Harrison (Under the Bridge), editors

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Claire Simmons (Aniston), a woman dealing with chronic pain after a car accident, becomes fascinated with the suicide of Nina (Kendrick), a young woman in her support group. As she uncovers the details of Nina’s suicide, and strikes up a poignant relationship with the widowed husband Roy (Worthington), Claire must also grapple with her own personal tragedy…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Jennifer Aniston sheds her familiar rom-com persona in this very moving and poignant drama where she delivers the performance of her career.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 20TH FEBRUARY 2015

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