‘Puzzle’ Trailer: A Woman Attempts To Put The Pieces Of Her Life Together In New Drama

Agnes’s life is one repetitive day after another. It is only when she begins to put the pieces together that she solves the puzzle, literally and figuratively. Directed by Marc Turtletaub, “Puzzle” premiered at January’s Sundance Film Festival with positive reviews and was purchased by Sony Pictures Classic for distribution.

As we see in the trailer, Kelly Macdonald leads the film as Agnes, wrapped in the cyclical nature of her repetitive, purposeless life. Foregoing her beautifully melodic, Scottish accent, Macdonald wholeheartedly portrays a woman in search of her personhood. Bound by her monotonous domestic life, Agnes searches for a way to put the pieces together. Meeting Irrfan Khan‘s Robert and entering a puzzle contest seems a unique route for the housewife, but nevertheless, it is a route layered with much more profound lessons about herself, and what she is searching for. “Puzzle” has a clear opportunity to delight. Given its positive reviews out of Sundance, audiences can follow Agnes as she finds the pieces of her life’s puzzle and puts them together one by one.

We had the opportunity to see the film at Sundance, and we loved it, saying, “Just like her own personality, the film is restrained enough to always leave a mystery lingering behind every decision. Turtletaub does have a hard time finding a way to conclude Agnes’ story, but he ends “Puzzle” on such a delightful note of simplicity, that this near-perfect movie nevertheless stuns. ”

“Puzzle” hits theaters July 13. Here’s the official synopsis:

A woman who has a talent for assembling jigsaw puzzles sneaks away from her suburban town and goes to New York City, where she partners with a man for a puzzle tournament in Atlantic City. As she experiences independence for the first time, she begins to view her value and the pieces of her own life in a whole new light.