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Paul Dano’s Wildlife gets a stun­ning first trailer

23 May 2018

Words by Adam Woodward

Woman in a red jumper sitting on a sofa, looking directly at the camera with a serious expression.
Woman in a red jumper sitting on a sofa, looking directly at the camera with a serious expression.
Carey Mul­li­gan plays a lovelorn 1960s house­wife in the actor’s impres­sive direc­to­r­i­al debut.

The toast of this year’s Sun­dance Film Fes­ti­val and just recent­ly the Crit­ics Week side­bar in Cannes, where it screened in the open­ing gala slot, Paul Dano’s direc­to­r­i­al debut is one of 2018’s most antic­i­pat­ed releases.

Co-writ­ten with Zoe Kazan, Wildlife is based on Richard Ford’s nov­el of the same name and stars Carey Mul­li­gan (last seen in Dee Rees’ Mud­bound) as Jeanette, a com­plex, strong-willed woman who defies the social expec­ta­tions of the 1960s house­wife by leav­ing her golf pro hus­band (Jake Gyl­len­haal) for anoth­er man.

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Set in small­town Mon­tana, it’s an inti­mate, bit­ter­sweet por­trait of a bro­ken mar­riage set against a back­drop of social unrest. Look out for new­com­er Ed Oxen­bould, whose break­out per­for­mance is one of the film’s major talk­ing points.

Wildlife is released on 19 Octo­ber in the US and 9 Novem­ber in the UK. Check out the first offi­cial trail­er below at share your thoughts with us @LWLies

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