PREVIEW: The Nest (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Jude Law (Cold Mountain), Carrie Coon (Gone Girl), Charlie Shotwell (Troop Zero), Oona Roche (Hot Air), Adeel Akhtar (The Big Sick), Anne Reid (The Mother), Michael Culkin (Immortal Beloved), Wendy Crewson (The Good Son), Tattiawna Jones (Dragged Across Concrete), James Nelson-Joyce (The Sound of Philadelphia)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Sean Durkin (Martha Marcy May Marlene), director, writer, producer; Rose Garnett (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri), Ed Guiney (The Favourite), Amy Jackson (The Day Shall Come), Christina Piovesan (The Whistleblower) and Derrin Schlesinger (American Animals), producers; Richard Reed Parry (film debut), composer; Mátyás Erdély (Son of Saul), cinematographer; Matthew Hannam (Possessor), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

In the 1980s, ambitious entrepreneur Rory (Law) persuades his American wife Allison (Coon) and their children Sam (Roche) and Ben (Shotwell) to relocate from suburban America to a centuries-old county manor in the English countryside. However, Rory’s bright promises of a fresh and prosperous new start begin to crack as certain opportunities start to unravel, and his marriage and family are brought closer to the edge…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Sean Durkin returns with his first feature in ten years, following his 2011 breakout Martha Marcy May Marlene, and manages to mine some incredible performances from Jude Law and Carrie Coon as a married couple flirting with disaster.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 27TH AUGUST 2021

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

IN CINEMAS NATIONWIDE

 

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