Julia Roberts is a professor caught in the middle of a #MeToo scandal in the trailer for Luca Guadagnino‘s upcoming psychological drama “After the Hunt.”
The R-rated film also stars Andrew Garfield and “The Bear” breakout Ayo Edebiri, alongside Guadagnino regulars Michael Stuhlbarg and Chloë Sevigny in supporting roles. It was written by Nora Garrett.
According to its synopsis, “After the Hunt” follows a college professor (Roberts) who “finds herself at a personal and professional crossroad when a star student (Edebiri) levels an accusation against one of her colleagues (Garfield), threatening to expose a dark secret from her own past.”
The tense trailer opens with Garfield’s character, Hank, laying into Gen Z. “All your generation, you’re scared of saying the wrong thing,” he says. “When did offending someone become the preeminent cardinal sin?”
“Maybe it’s around the same time your generation started making sweeping generalizations about ours?” Edebiri’s Maggie fires back.
The trailer hints at both Hank and Maggie’s separate obsessions with Roberts’ professor, before taking a turn when Maggie shows up at her door in haggard state. She confides in Roberts’ character that Hank has sexually assaulted her, while he claims that she’s been cheating in class. The accusations culminate in a fiery scandal. “It’s just like, amazing to me that a young Black woman can get assaulted and all these white people find a way to make it about themselves,” Edebiri’s Maggie says in the trailer.
“After the Hunt” was produced by Guadagnino, Brian Grazer, Jeb Brody and Allan Mandelbaum. Executive producers include Garrett, Karen Lunder, Justin Wilkes and Alice Dawson.
Watch the trailer for “After the Hunt” below.