Roadside Attractions has released the trailer for their forthcoming crime thriller The Absence of Eden, which stars Zoe Saldaña (Avatar: The Way of Water) as a woman attempting to flee Mexico having killed a member of the cartel.
Directed by Marco Perego,The Absence of Eden also features Garrett Hedlund (TRON: Legacy), Adria Arjona (Hit man), Tom Waits (The Ballad of Buster Scruggs), Morningstar Angeline (Echo), and Chris Coy (Lawmen: Bass Reeves); check out the trailer below…
The Absence of Eden takes place at the border between the United States and Mexico – a hellish landscape inhabited by coyotes, armed officers, desperate immigrants, and refugees. When Esmee (Saldaña), a young woman working as a private dancer in Mexico, is forced to commit a violent act of self-defense that results in the death of a cartel member, she flees her homeland for sanctuary in the United States. Guided by a ruthless Coyote and a group of undocumented immigrants, she befriends a young mother and her daughter along the way. Before crossing the border, the mother is taken from the group, and Esmee promises to protect her daughter and help them reunite again in America, touching off an interlocking story about people struggling to survive on America’s border with Mexico.
The Absence of Eden is theatres from April 12, 2024.