Pieces of a Woman: Vanessa Kirby and Shia Labeouf bring the story of love and loss in this heartwrenching trailer

By Vandana Srivastawa

on November 17, 2020 10:05:10 PM

The first trailer for Pieces of a Woman starring Vanessa Kirby and Shia LaBeouf in leading roles is out now. The film’s heart-wrenching trailer boasts of laudable performances by the lead actors as they come to terms with the devastating loss of their baby after birth. Directed by Hungarian filmmaker Kornél Mundruczó, the film is a drama about a Boston couple who are shattered after the loss of their baby, failing a home birth at the hands of a confused midwife.

Vanessa portrays an upper-middle class young woman named Martha who chose to bring her daughter into the world in home birth. Her husband (Shia) is a blue-collared worker named Sean. The couple navigates through pre-existing struggles such as Martha’s controlling and disapproving mother (Ellen Burstyn) and Sean’s addiction. The birth of their child is the only hope for the couple but that also goes for a toss when they lose their newborn.

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The trailer shows, Martha taking the legal route to get the midwife bear responsibility of her child’s death and accuse her of criminal negligence. The trailer centres on the legal fallout, emotional outbursts and trauma that the couple faces.

The story’s screenplay is written Kata Wéber and also stars Molly Parker, Sarah Snook, Benny Safdie and Iliza Shlesinger. Martin Scorsese served as an executive producer on the project, along with producers Kevin Turen and Ashley Levinson of Little Lamb Productions, and Aaron Ryder. Sam Levinson, Stuart Manashil, Viktória Petrányi, Jason Cloth, Richard McConnell, Suraj Maraboyina for Creative Wealth Media, Aaron Gilbert for BRON Studios and Steven Thibault also executive produced. Vanessa bagged the best Actress Award at the Venice Film Festival for Pieces of a Woman.

The film will release in select theatres on December 30, 2020 and will stream on Netflix globally from January 7, 2021.