Online the first images of Separation, the horror film starring William Brent Bell, a U.S. director known for directing The Other Face of the Devil, The metamorphosis of evil, The Boy and The Boy - The Curse of Brahms. The screenplay, on the other hand, was written by Nick Amadeus in collaboration with Josh Braun, the producer of A History of Violence, The House of the Devil and Creep.
Distributed by Open Road Films and Briarcliff Entertainment, Separation will debut in US theaters on April 30, 2021.
The film's story tells the terrifying aftermath of loss and features a little girl who, after the death of her mother, finds comfort in her artist father.
Plot: Jenny (Violet McGraw) is an eight-year-old girl who witnesses the frequent arguments between her lawyer mother, Maggie (Mamie Gummer), and her artist father Jeff (Rupert Friend). The little girl leads a lonely but imaginative life, surrounded by the “Grisly Kin,” puppets inspired by characters from her father's works. When Maggie suddenly passes away, the deceased's father (Brian Cox) sues his son-in-law for custody of his granddaughter while babysitter Samantha (Madeline Brewer) begins to feel like the new woman of the house.
Jenny and her father's life will then become a nightmare especially when the little girl's puppets come to life and she is the only one able to see them in action.
In the cast: Rupert Friend (Outlaw), Violet McGraw (Hill House), Mamie Gummer (The Ward), Madeline Brewer (Cam), Brian Cox (Autopsy), Simon Quarterman, Manny Perez, and Troy James. The latter is the contortionist who also appears in The Void, Hellboy (2019) and Scary Stories to tell in the Dark. In William Brent Bell's film, the actor performs a spider walk disguised as a diabolical clown puppet.
