Trailer for Antonio Campos’ CHRISTINE Starring Rebecca Hall
Here’s the first trailer for Antonio Campos’ (Simon Killer, Afterschool) upcoming drama Christine. The film is based on the true story of Christine Chubbuck, a Florida-based news reporter who committed suicide live on air in the summer of 1974. Christine has been well received at both Sundance and TIFF and based on this trailer it looks like a fascinating, dark character study of a troubled young woman in the midst of a personal and career crisis.
Michael C. Hall, Tracy Letts, Maria Dizzia, Timothy Simons, J. Smith-Cameron, and Kim Shaw also star. The film is scheduled to be released October 14. Trailer courtesy of The Orchard.
Rebecca Hall stars in director Antonio Campos’ third feature film, CHRISTINE, the story of a woman who finds herself caught in the crosshairs of a spiraling personal life and career crisis. Christine, always the smartest person in the room at her local Sarasota, Florida news station, feels like she is destined for bigger things and is relentless in her pursuit of an on-air position in a larger market. As an aspiring newswoman with an eye for nuance and an interest in social justice, she finds herself constantly butting heads with her boss (Tracy Letts), who pushes for juicier stories that will drive up ratings. Plagued by self-doubt and a tumultuous home life, Christine’s diminishing hope begins to rise when an on-air co-worker (Michael C. Hall) initiates a friendship which ultimately becomes yet another unrequited love. Disillusioned as her world continues to close in on her, Christine takes a dark and surprising turn.