PREVIEW: The World To Come (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Katherine Waterston (Inherent Vice), Vanessa Kirby (Pieces of a Woman), Christopher Abbott (Possessor), Casey Affleck (Manchester By The Sea), Karina Gherasim (film debut), Kim Ciobanu (Pioneers’ Palace), Daniel Blumberg (film debut), Andreea Vasile (Why Me?), Liana Navrot (film debut), Sandra J. House (film debut)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Mona Fastvold (The Sleepwalker), director; Ron Hansen (Mariette in Ecstasy) and Jim Shepard (And Then I Go), writers; Casey Affleck (I’m Still Here), Margarethe Baillou (Drawing Home), David Hinojosa (First Reformed), Pamela Koffler (Hedwig and the Angry Itch) and Whitaker Lader (Light of My Life), producers; Daniel Blumberg (film debut), composer; André Chemetoff (Metamorphoses), cinematographer; Dávid Jancsó (Pieces of a Woman), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

In the mid-19th century, somewhere along the American East Coast frontier, married couple Abigail (Waterston) and Dyer (Affleck) live an isolated existence, overcome with grief following a close tragedy. Soon, they become neighbours with another couple, Tallie (Kirby) and Finney (Abbott), and the two women soon bond over their shared dissatisfaction with their respective marriages. Their relationship soon grows into something more passionate, forcing both couples to re-evaluate what brings them true happiness…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Katherine Waterston and Oscar-nominee Vanessa Kirby form a strong relationship in this quietly powerful historical romance, produced by co-star and Oscar-winning actor Casey Affleck.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 23RD JULY 2021

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

IN CINEMAS NATIONWIDE

 

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