Writer/director Jeff Baena is probably best known for two major projects. 1. Co-writing the wacky and existential “I Heart Huckabees” with David O. Russell and his Sundance debut, the amusing zom com “Life After Beth,” with Aubrey Plaza. Baena then followed it up with the medieval black comedy film “Little Hours.” His latest, ” Horse Girl,” which sounds a little bit more out there, is a darkly humorous psychological thriller which he wrote alongside actress Alison Brie (“GLOW“) who also co-starred in “Little Hours.” Clearly, these two click and have created a working rhythm together they enjoy. Who knows this could be the beginning of a great new director/actor/writing partnership.
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Here’s the official synopsis:
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Sarah (Alison Brie), a socially isolated arts and crafts store employee, finds herself more content in the company of horses and supernatural crime shows than people. But when a series of strangely surreal dreams upend the simplicity of her waking life, Sarah struggles to distinguish her visions from reality. Directed by Jeff Baena, Horse Girl is a darkly humorous psychological thriller about a woman’s search for the truth, however abstract it may be.
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From the producers of strange, surreal films like “The One I Love” and “Safety Not Guaranteed,” “Horse Girl” looks perfectly askew, weird and discombobulating, a portrait of disorientation that looks both funny and genuinely alarming.
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Starring Alison Brie, Debby Ryan, John Reynolds, Molly Shannon, John Ortiz, Paul Reiser, and Jay Duplass, “Horse Girl” premieres at the Sundance Film Festival this weekend and then arrives in select theaters and on Netflix, February 7, 2020. Watch the first trailer below.