Just released is the new trailer for the latest film from John Cameron Mitchell (SHORTBUS, HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH) called RABBIT HOLE, about a husband and wife coping with the death of their young son. The film played to some pretty positive reception at the recent Toronto Film Festival. Specifically, Nicole Kidman’s performance has been touted as being a shoe-in come awards season (you’ll be seeing a lot of that in these Fall and Winter months).
The film stars Kidman and Aaron Eckhart as the grieving parents, Dianne Wiest (HANNAH AND HER SISTERS), Tammy Blanchard (THE GOOD SHEPHERD), Miles Teller (FOOTLOOSE), Spike Lee regular Giancarlo Esposito (DO THE RIGHT THING), Jon Tenney (TOMBSTONE), Patricia Kalember (JACOB’S LADDER), Julie Lauren (KISSING JESSICA STEIN), and Sandra Oh (SIDEWAYS).
RABBIT HOLE opens December 17th. Watch the trailer here or over at Apple in HD.
Synopsis: RABBIT HOLE is a vivid, hopeful, honest and unexpectedly witty portrait of a family searching for what remains possible in the most impossible of all situations. Becca and Howie Corbett (NICOLE KIDMAN and AARON ECKHART) are returning to their everyday existence in the wake of a shocking, sudden loss. Just eight months ago, they were a happy suburban family with everything they wanted. Now, they are caught in a maze of memory, longing, guilt, recrimination, sarcasm and tightly controlled rage from which they cannot escape. While Becca finds pain in the familiar, Howie finds comfort. The shifts come in abrupt, unforeseen moments. Becca hesitantly opens up to her opinionated, loving mother (DIANNE WIEST) and secretly reaches out to the teenager involved in the accident that changed everything (MILES TELLER); while Howie lashes out and imagines solace with another woman (SANDRA OH). Yet, as off track as they are, the couple keeps trying to find their way back to a life that still holds the potential for beauty, laughter and happiness. The resulting journey is an intimate glimpse into two people learning to re-engage with each other and a world that has been tilted off its axis.
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