Between “Terri” (2011), “The Lovers” (2017), “and “French Exit” (2020), not to mention the series “Doll & Em,” filmmaker Azazel Jacobs has continuously delivered compelling human dramas. He returns with his first film in four years, “His Three Daughters.” Premiering at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2023—our review described it as “riveting”—Netflix, who acquired North American rights to the poignant drama last year, is finally releasing the film in September (read our review here).
And there’s a terrific pair at its center: Carrie Coon, Elizabeth Olsen, and Natasha Lyonne star as the three sisters in question, who come home to tend to their ailing fathers, trying to heal old family wounds in the process.
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Jacobs also wrote the script and the film stars Jovan Adepo, Jay O. Sanders, Rudy Galvan, Jose Febus, and Jasmine Bracey.
Here’s the Netflix synopsis:
This tense, touching, and funny portrait of family dynamics follows three estranged sisters as they converge in a New York apartment to care for their ailing father and try to mend their own broken relationship with one another.
Here’s TIFF’s synopsis, which reveals a little bit more.
When their father’s health worsens, three estranged sisters come together to try to plan for the inevitable. The eldest is high-strung Katie (Carrie Coon), who talks a hundred miles a minute and stresses about all the practical details. The middle sister, Rachel (Natasha Lyonne), is ready to check out after spending a year taking care of the man. And the youngest sibling, Christina (Elizabeth Olsen), seems always on the verge of tears, trying her best to clumsily keep the peace while they’re all stuck in their father’s small apartment.
“Three Daughters” will be released by Netflix in select theaters on Friday, September 6th, 2024, and streams on Netflix on Friday, September 20th, 2024. Watch the first trailer below.