Julia Roberts is back and it looks like she has something big to get her teeth into, in the shape of a ‘gripping psychological drama’. In After The Hunt, Julia stars as Alma, a professor facing crisis in both her personal and professional life, as events in the present overlap with secrets from her past.
The new film has a strong cast, with The Bear’s Ayo Edebiri joining Julia as her star student and Andrew Garfield playing a colleague facing a damning accusation. Then something Alma has tried to keep buried in the past begins to rear its head, making a gripping plot trifecta. Here’s everything we know about the film so far, including when it's expected to be out in cinemas...
What is After The Hunt about?
In After The Hunt, we meet college professor Alma (Julia Roberts) whose life is upended as she suddenly ‘finds herself at a personal and professional crossroads’. When her best student Maggie (Ayo Edebiri) levels an accusation of misconduct against her friend and colleague Hank (Andrew Garfield), Alma is left torn in a moral dilemma. At the same time, ‘a dark secret from her own past threatens to come into the light’.
In a tense trailer, we see an intergenerational debate between professors and students and then Alma spies Hank walking Maggie home. Maggie tells Alma that Hank ‘crossed a line’. But what exactly happened, is her word against his. Clips show an increasingly erratic Hank, as well as Alma in deep conversations about truth, cheating and morality him, Maggie and other professors.
At one point, Maggie makes a reference to Alma’s ‘history’ and she reacts cagily. What secrets is she trying to keep hidden? What is clear, is that relationships in every direction are fraying dangerously.
After The Hunt is directed by Luca Guadagnino and written by Nora Garrett. The official trailer is available to watch below:
Who is in the After The Hunt cast?
The key cast members for After The Hunt include:
- Julia Roberts – Alma
- Ayo Edebiri – Maggie
- Andrew Garfield – Hank
- Michael Stuhlbarg
- Chloë Sevigny
How can I watch After the Hunt?
After The Hunt will be available to watch in cinemas UK-wide from October this year, with exact dates expected to be confirmed soon.
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