Signature Entertainment has launched the official trailer for Mahalia Belo’s debut feature The End We Start From, which recently secured 9 BIFA nominations including Best Lead Performance and Best Supporting Performance for Jodie Comer and Katherine Waterston respectively.
When an environmental crisis sees London submerged by flood waters, a young family is torn apart in the chaos. As a woman (Jodie Comer) and her newborn try and find their way home, the profound novelty of motherhood is brought into sharp focus in this intimate and poetic portrayal of family survival.
Watch the trailer in the player below:
Penned by award winning British writer Alice Birch (Lady Macbeth, Normal People, The Wonder) and anchored by a tour-de-force performance from Jodie Comer (Killing Eve, The Last Duel, Prima Facie), the film also features supporting turns fromJoel Fry (Cruella, Yesterday), Katherine Waterston (Fantastic Beasts, Inherent Vice), BAFTA nominee Mark Strong (1917, Kingsman), BAFTA award-winning Gina McKee (My Policeman, Line Of Duty), Nina Sosanya (Screw, His Dark Materials) and two-time Academy award nominee and BAFTA award-winning Benedict Cumberbatch.
Belo’s creative team includes BAFTA nominated director of photography Suzie Lavelle (Normal People, His Dark Materials), costume designer PC Williams (The Baby, We Are Lady Parts), production designer Laura Ellis-Cricks (Beast, Tuesday), and hair and make-up designer Louise Coles (The Great, The Crown).
The End We Start From will be released theatrically in the UK & Ireland on Friday 19th January 2024.
