Three years ago, actress and filmmaker Olivia Wilde made her directorial debut with the critically-acclaimed coming-of-age movie Booksmart. This year, she is back with a second movie ominously titled Don't Worry Darling. Quite unlike her first directed movie — which follows two high schoolers in present-day —Darling is a psychological thriller set in the 1950s.
Starring Florence Pugh and Harry Styles as well as other big-name actors, the trailer for Darling generated a lot of buzz upon its release in May; in the first look, viewers see Pugh and Styles play a young couple with a sickeningly perfect life: Their house is grand, their neighborhood is a suburban paradise, and they are madly in love. Things begin to fall apart, however, when Pugh's character is struck by the (literal) superficiality of her surroundings: Nothing is as it appears, and no one can be trusted. Provocative in more ways than one, the trailer leaves many questions. From plot to release date, here's what we know so far.
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The synopsis for Darling teases fear, distrust, and cult-like goings-on. As seen in the trailer, Alice (Pugh) and Jack Chambers (Styles) are a happy couple living in the experimental company town of Victory during the 50s. Alice is a housewife, and Jack works for the top-secret Victory Project. Everyone in their community is happy: the men spend their days in Victory HQ developing «progressive materials,» and the women live in the lap of luxury.
But something sinister lurks beneath, and Alice can't help but go against CEO Frank's (Chris Pine) request for «discretion and unquestioning commitment» and investigate. What are they doing in Victory, and
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