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‘The World To Come’: First Clip For Frontier Romance Starring KatherineWaterston & Vanessa Kirby – Venice

September 5, 2020 8:00am

EXCLUSIVE: Mona Fastvold’s The World To Come debuts in competition at the Venice Film Festival onSunday, and we’ve got a first-look clip (check it out above). The film, one of the more anticipated titles inVenice, is a frontier romance starring Katherine Waterston and Vanessa Kirby, the latter is doing doubleduty on the Lido this week. The pair plays two women who find a deep and life-affirming connection againsta backdrop of changing seasons and isolating terrain.

Framed by the four seasons, The World To Come centers on Abigail (Waterston), a farmer’s wife, and hernew neighbor Tallie (Kirby) find themselves powerfully, irrevocably drawn to each other. As grieving Abigailtends to the needs of her taciturn husband Dyer (Casey Affleck) and Tallie bristles at the jealous control ofher husband Finney (Christopher Abbot), both women are illuminated and liberated by their intense bond,

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9/8/2020 WATCH: ‘The World To Come’: First Clip For Venice Frontier Romance – Deadline

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In the clip above, Waterston and Kirby are out for a stroll, as the former marvels at the “courage andresourcefulness” of women who forged their way into the wilderness.

Fastvold’s credits include The Sleepwalker, while she also co-wrote Brady Corbet’s Childhood Of A Leaderand recent Venice entry Vox Lux. The World To Come is written by Jim Shepard and Ron Hansen (TheAssassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford).

Casey Affleck, Whitaker Lader, Pamela Koffler, David Hinojosa and Margarethe Baillou produce. U.S. salesare with UTA and Endeavor and Sony has international rights.

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