Little Woods — Official Trailer

added: Mon, Jan 14th '19

Tessa Thompson (Creed, Thor: Ragnarok) and Lily James (Downton Abbey, Baby Driver) play a pair of sisters struggling to make ends meet in the official trailer for the small-town crime drama "Little Woods."

Written and directed by first-time feature filmmaker Nia DaCosta, the film sees Thompson as Ollie, a financially struggling woman stuck in a dying town in North Dakota.

When her pregnant sister, Deb (James), leaves her abusive boyfriend and returns home, Ollie must come up with money for pending medical bills and rent. Left with no other choice, Ollie is forced to go back to her former life as a local drug runner dealing with black-market prescription drugs. She soon finds herself back in a risky situation, which might put her behind bars, or worse get herself killed.

Winner of the Nora Ephron Award at the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival, "Little Woods" also co-stars James Badge Dale (from "Iron Man 3" and "Hold the Dark"), Luke Kirby (Lenny Bruce on "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel"), and Lance Reddick (HBO's "The Wire").

The film will be released theatrically in select cities beginning April 19th, via Neon Films.

synopsis:
Ollie (Tessa Thompson) is a reformed drug runner in an economically depressed small town in North Dakota, who was caught coming back from Canada with medicine for her terminally ill mother and has been toeing the line ever since. After her mother dies, Ollie's sister Deb (Lily James) shows up on her doorstep with a hungry child and an unplanned pregnancy. Ollie can only see one viable option: quickly raise money to pay back the bank and hold onto their mother's home, so Deb can raise her family safely away from her abusive ex. But to do that, she'll need to return to the dangerous way of life she thought she’d left behind.

directed by Nia DaCosta

starring Tessa Thompson, Lily James, James Badge Dale, Luke Kirby, Lance Reddick

release date April 19, 2019 (in select theaters)