The Liberation Trailer: Carrie Coon Joins a Cult — SkimNews
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- Bleecker Street released the first trailer for The Liberation on Monday, with Guy Nattiv writing and directing the film and Carrie Coon starring as Rita.
- Carrie Coon plays Rita, a 1980s New Jersey housewife and Holocaust survivor haunted by her past, who encounters a magnetic spiritual leader played by Lily James.
- The Liberation follows Rita as she leaves her family for the spiritual leader’s all-female commune, then brings her daughters—played by Bella Ramsey and Odessa Young—into the group’s world as she chooses between family and the life she believes can save her.
- Guy Nattiv said the story came from his childhood visits to seminars with his grandmother, where he later learned the group was a cult and that she had left his grandfather and family.
- Guy Nattiv revisited the cult with his camera and said he entered with empathy, finding that it tried to free his grandmother from the trauma of being a Holocaust survivor and that leaving her family took uncommon courage.
- Bleecker Street scheduled a short Oscar-qualifying theatrical run beginning Friday in New York and Los Angeles, with a wider release scheduled for January 8.
- The Liberation world-premiered at the Telluride Film Festival, and Coon’s performance has since drawn award-season buzz.
Why it matters: Bleecker Street is giving The Liberation a two-stage rollout: a Friday Oscar-qualifying run in New York and Los Angeles, followed by a January 8 wider release. The first window addresses the film’s awards qualification, while the second expands its theatrical availability beyond the initial two cities.
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