A24 has debuted a trailer and poster for writer-director Paul Schrader’s upcoming thriller First Reformed. The film stars Ethan Hawke as a parish pastor struggling from a crisis of faith following a series of tragic events, and also features Amanda Seyfried and Cedric Kyles.
Reverend Ernst Toller (Ethan Hawke) is a solitary, middle-aged parish pastor at a small Dutch Reform church in upstate New York on the cusp of celebrating its 250th anniversary. Once a stop on the Underground Railroad, the church is now a tourist attraction catering to a dwindling congregation, eclipsed by its nearby parent church, Abundant Life, with its state-of-the-art facilities and 5,000-strong flock. When a pregnant parishioner (Amanda Seyfried) asks Reverend Toller to counsel her husband, a radical environmentalist, the clergyman finds himself plunged into his own tormented past, and equally despairing future, until he finds redemption in an act of grandiose violence. From writer-director Paul Schrader (Taxi Driver; American Gigolo; Affliction) comes a gripping thriller about a crisis of faith that is at once personal, political, and planetary.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhGVlgf6cTU
First Reformed is set for release on May 18th.
Originally published March 29, 2018. Updated June 7, 2018.
