PREVIEW: Causeway (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Linings Playbook), Brian Tyree Henry (Bullet Train), Linda Emond (Julie & Julia), Stephen McKinley Henderson (Fences), Russell Harvard (There Will Be Blood), Jayne Houdyshell (Downsizing)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Lila Neugebauer (film debut), director; Luke Goebel (film debut), Ottessa Moshfegh (film debut) and Elizabeth Sanders (film debut), writers; Justine Polsky (film debut) and Jennifer Lawrence (film debut), producers; Alex Somers (Captain Fantastic), composer; Diego García (Wildlife), cinematographer; Robert Frazen (I’m Thinking of Ending Things) and Lucian Johnston (Hereditary), editors

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Lynsey (Lawrence), a US soldier, receives a traumatic brain injury whilst serving in Afghanistan, and is sent home to New Orleans to recover. As she struggles to readapt to the life she left behind, Lynsey soon strikes up a connection with car mechanic James (Henry), who is dealing with his own past traumas…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Jennifer Lawrence stars in – and, for the first time, produces – this powerful and gritty drama that gives both her and co-star Brian Tyree Henry some meaty material to shine with.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 4TH NOVEMBER 2022

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

STREAMING EXCLUSIVELY ON APPLE TV+

 

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