Andrea Riseborough is one of the most fascinating actors working today. Much like Tilda Swinton, Riseborough seamlessly moves from one genre to the next, always giving a fantastic performance that’s unlike anything she did before, or does after. Though she’s had a horror-heavy year, having starred in “The Grudge” remake, and in the recent “Possessor” Riseborough’s latest, the romantic drama “Luxor,” finally has a trailer.
Zeina Durra‘s “Luxor” premiered earlier this year at Sundance, where Andrea Riseborough stars as a British aid worker named Hana who takes a break from working on the Jordanian-Syrian border to return the eponymous Egyptian city of Luxor. Though she’s trying to reconnect with herself, Hana is haunted by a past relationship, and the regrets that have followed her since.
Following its Sundance debut, critics praised Riseborough’s performance and the film’s visuals, even if it doesn’ fully use the full potential of its setting.
Our own Andrew Bundy reviewed “Luxor” out of Sundance, who called the meditative PTSD romance “fairly reserved film with simple but firm intentions. It isn’t particularly interested in using fancy film techniques to draw viewers in, but rather, create an atmosphere that encapsulates the double-edged sword of isolated loneliness ability to move an individual closer to enlightenment.
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Samuel Goldwyn Films will release “Luxor” on December 4. The film also co-stars Karim Saleh and Michael Landes.
Here’s the synopsis:
Hana is seeking mental peace and physical respite after an overwhelming period spent working at a clinic in Ramtha, on the Jordanian-Syrian border, where she specialised in treating victims wounded in the war in Syria. She finds solace in majestic Luxor, Egypt, where she lived in her 20s and dated a handsome archeologist, Sultan, who was also studying there. On this nostalgic solo trip, she lingers through memory-filled hotel lobbies and ancient sites as she begins to grapple with her grief and her emotions from the war—but when she runs into Sultan on a ferry crossing unexpectedly, the chemistry is undeniable.