PREVIEW: The Weekend Away (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Leighton Meester (The Roommate), Luke Norris (The Colour Room), Christina Wolfe (Angel of Decay), Ziad Bakri (Blind Son), Amar Bukvic (The Show Must Go On)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Kim Farrant (Strangerland), director; Sarah Alderson (film debut), writer; Charlie Morrison (Night Teeth), Ben Pugh (Outside the Wire) and Erica Steinberg (Death Proof), producers; Daniel Wohl (Elixir), composer; Noah Greenberg (Lizzie), cinematographer; Sophie Corra (Untogether), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Beth (Meester) is accused of murdering her best friend during a weekend getaway to Croatia, but when she attempts to clear her name and uncover the truth, she discovers a painful secret…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Playing as though Amanda Knox was also her own detective, this is an unpredictable thriller where there are no easy answers or difficult questions.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

THURSDAY 3RD MARCH 2022

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

STREAMING EXCLUSIVELY ON NETFLIX

 

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