Oscilloscope Laboratories has released the official trailer for ‘Wildcat’. Oscilloscope has acquired US distribution rights, and the film is scheduled for a limited release in New York and Los Angeles on May 3, 2024, with a wide release to follow.
‘Wildcat’ based on Flannery O’Connor’s short stories directed and co-wrote Ethan Hawke. The film about American novelist Flannery O’Connor’s struggle to publish her first novel. Lead by the filmmaker’s daughter, Maya Hawke, who also serves as executive producer.
Trailer Synopsis: WILDCAT invites the audience to weave in and out of celebrated Southern Gothic writer Flannery O’Connor’s mind as she ponders the great questions of her writing: Can scandalous art still serve God? Does suffering precede all greatness? Can illness be a blessing?
In 1950, Flannery (Maya Hawke) visits her mother Regina (Laura Linney) in Georgia when she is diagnosed with lupus at twenty-four years old. Struggling with the same disease that took her father’s life when she was a child and desperate to make her mark as a great writer, this crisis pitches her imagination into a feverish exploration of belief. As she dives deeper into her craft, the lines between reality, imagination, and faith begin to blur, allowing Flannery to ultimately come to peace with her situation and heal a strained relationship with her mother.
The film stars Maya Hawke, Rafael Casal, Philip Ettinger, Cooper Hoffman, Steve Zahn, and Laura Linney.
Wildcat’s world premiere was held at the 50th Telluride Film Festival on September 1, 2023, and it was also shown at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival on September 11, 2023.
Watch the Official Trailer Wildcat: