‘The Tale’ Trailer: Laura Dern Stars In A Powerful Memoir Of Abuse
One of the most powerful movies of this year’s Sundance Film Festival is coming to HBO next month, and now its first trailer has arrived.The Taleis the autobiographical story of directorJennifer Fox(played here by the always-terrificLaura Dern), a documentary filmmaker who dives into her own past and uncovers the truth about the sexual abuse she suffered when she was a teenager. It’s tough subject matter, but the deafening buzz about the film at Sundance andour own glowing 10 out of 10 reviewindicate that this is definitely going to be worth checking out. WatchThe Taletrailer below.
The Tale Trailer
A harrowing story of repressed trauma,The Taleadmittedly looks like it’ll be a hard watch. But a powerhouse performance from Dern and the fact that the movie is arriving amid the #MeToo movement gives it the feeling of a vital, timely story that needs to be seen. It’s the work of a woman grappling with her own past the only way she knows how, and while it touches on topics that are undeniably horrible, hopefully it will be able to offer an incisive perspective to the rest of us.
/Film’s Ethan Andertonreviewed the film at Sundance, and explained how Jennifer Fox’s background as a documentary filmmaker found its way into her first scripted feature:
As Fox digs into her past, there are sequences where she communicates with both her memories and the people in them as if they were right next to her in the car or sitting down for some kind of documentary interview. These are the barricades she has built to keep her from reliving this trauma, opting for the happy memory that doesn’t turn her into a helpless victim. It’s a compelling and clever narrative device employed to illustrate how much Fox is struggling with unfurling her sexual abuse.
IndieWirealso had high praise for the movie:
Here’s the film’s official synopsis:
Jennifer (Laura Dern), a journalist, is compelled to examine her past and a sexual relationship she had when she was thirteen after her mother uncovers one of her childhood stories. The Tale premieres May 26 on HBO.
