Overview

• A24 releases the film in U.S. theaters on October 10 after a Sundance premiere earlier this year.
• Byrne plays a mother pushed to the brink while caring for a daughter with a feeding tube who is heard but not shown.
• Reviews describe an intentionally punishing motherhood-as-horror approach with relentless close-ups and oppressive sound.
• Writer-director Mary Bronstein leads a team that includes producers Josh Safdie and Ronald Bronstein and cinematographer Christopher Messina.
• The ensemble features A$AP Rocky as a motel neighbor, Conan O’Brien as a therapist, Danielle Macdonald as a troubled patient, and Christian Slater as the husband’s disembodied voice.