Netflix’s new thriller has a star-studded cast and production team, a bunch of talent. In this intense film, Julia Roberts, Mahershala Ali, Ethan Hawke and Myha’la Herrold describe how humans behave during a crisis of apocalyptic proportions.
The World After Us, written and directed by Sam Esmail – from the Mr. Robot series, is an adaptation of Rumaan Alam’s acclaimed literary thriller of the same name. Oh, did we mention that the movie is produced by Barack and Michelle Obama?
The World After Us: synopsis and trailer
Julia Roberts and Ethan Hawke play Amanda and Clay, a middle-class New York couple who, along with their two teenage children, rent a luxury Airbnb on Long Island for a week, a home described online as a perfect place to relax and forget about life nocturnal. world outside.
The family’s vacation is interrupted when the home’s owner, G. H. Washington (Mahershala Ali), and his daughter Ruth (Myha’la Herrold) appear at the door, demanding entry. According to them, the East Coast was hit by a blackout that knocked out internet and cellphone connections, leaving everyone in the dark during an apocalyptic event.
Watch the trailer:
The World After Us: cast
Amanda has a hard time believing that GH and Ruth can own this expensive house because they are black. Were they thieves? The protagonist therefore has to deal with racist tendencies that she didn’t know she had.
Most likely, this is what inspired Oscar-winning actress Julia Roberts to play the complex role of a modern woman facing her own prejudices in the midst of a crisis.
Meanwhile, another Oscar-winning artist, Mahershala Ali, takes on the role of George GH Washington. While he generally knows his way around, GH is as helpless as everyone else when the electricity and internet are cut off.
Ethan Hawke, for his part, continues to surprise audiences with his variety of roles. After playing Pedro Pascal’s lover in Strange ways of living and direct his daughter in the new Flannery O’Connor biopic, Wild catHawke plays Clay, the husband and father whose attempts to protect his family prove less than heroic.
The world after us will continue Netflix’s dual release strategy, both theatrically and streaming. The film will be available in select theaters on November 22, before streaming more widely on Netflix from December 8.
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