Polish filmmaker Jan Komasa is having a busy year. Debuting next month at TIFF is his kidnapping thriller Good Boy with Stephen Graham and Andrea Riseborough. There’s already some good buzz surrounding that one. Just a month later, Lionsgate will release Komasa’s other new film Anniversary, a gripping family thriller starring Diane Lane, Kyle Chandler, Zoey Deutch, Phoebe Dynevor, McKenna Grace, Madeline Brewer, Daryl McCormack, and Dylan O’Brien. That’s one Hell of a cast.
As seen in the newly dropped trailer, Anniversary follows a close-knit family whose lives are turned upside down when the son shows up with his mother’s former student, who is part of a controversial movement known as “The Change.”
SYNOPSIS: In this gripping thriller, a close-knit family is caught in the turmoil of a controversial rising movement known as “The Change.” Ellen and Paul (Diane Lane and Kyle Chandler) witness their lives fall apart when Ellen’s former student Liz (Phoebe Dynevor) reappears and starts dating their son (Dylan O’Brien). As Liz becomes a part of the Taylor family, tensions rise and loyalties are tested. Liz’s role in “The Change” brings simmering conflicts to the surface, unraveling the fabric of the family just as the nation itself stands on edge during an alarming and challenging time of uncertainty.
The screenplay is by Lori Rosene-Gambino from a story she created with Komasa.
Lionsgate will release Anniversary in theaters October 29th.
