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First trailer for Earthquake Bird starring Alicia Vikander and Riley Keough

October 9, 2019 by Amie Cranswick

Netflix has released the first trailer, poster and images for director Wash Westmoreland’s upcoming thriller Earthquake Bird. Based on Susanna Jones’ award-winning novel of the same name, the film stars Alicia Vikander as Lucy Fly, an ex-pat living in Tokyo who finds herself the prime suspect in the murder of a missing girl (Riley Keough), who become entangled in Lucy’s relationship her troubled photographer boyfriend Teiji (Naoki Kobayashi); take a look here…

A psychologically unsettling and atmospheric thriller set in 1989 Tokyo from director Wash Westmoreland (Colette, Still Alice), Earthquake Bird follows Lucy Fly (Alicia Vikander), an enigmatic ex-pat haunted by a painful past, who enters into an intense relationship with Teiji (Naoki Kobayashi), a handsome yet similarly troubled local photographer. Lucy’s imperturbable exterior begins to crack when a naive newcomer, Lily Bridges (Riley Keough), becomes entangled in their lives and ends up missing – suspected dead.

Earthquake Bird is set for a limited UK theatrical release on November 1st and arrives on Netflix globally on November 15th.

Filed Under: Amie Cranswick, Movies, News, Trailers Tagged With: Alicia Vikander, Earthquake Bird, Naoki Kobayashi, Riley Keough

About Amie Cranswick

Amie Cranswick has been part of Flickering Myth's editorial team for over a decade. She has a background in publishing and copyediting and has served as Executive Editor of FlickeringMyth.com since 2020.

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