THE LAND OF STEADY HABITS (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Ben Mendelsohn (Una), Edie Falco (Bullets Over Broadway), Thomas Mann (Kong: Skull Island), Connie Britton (Friday Night Lights), Elizabeth Marvel (True Grit), Charlie Tahan (Charlie St. Cloud), Josh Pais (Teeth), Natalie Gold (Love & Other Drugs), Michael Gaston (First Reformed), Victor Slezak (The Bridges of Madison County)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Nicole Holofcener (Enough Said), director, writer; Stefanie Azpiazu (Darling Companion) and Anthony Bregman (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind), producers; Marcelo Zarvos (Friends With Kids), composer; Alar Kivilo (A Simple Plan), cinematographer; Robert Frazen (The Company Men), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Anders Hill (Mendelsohn) is a fifty-something retiree who has settled in to a life within the affluent Connecticut suburbs, but one day decides that he’s had enough of this life and leaves his family to buy a condo and start a new life of freedom. However, he soon finds himself on a journey to reconcile his past with the present…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Ben Mendelsohn faces his own mid-life crisis in this comedy-drama that explores the lengths someone can go to in order to feel free once more.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 14TH SEPTEMBER 2018 (EXCLUSIVELY ON NETFLIX)

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