Jennifer Connelly Stars In Trailer And Poster For ALOFT

Check out the first trailer and poster for the upcoming film ALOFT.

As we follow a mother (Jennifer Connelly) and her son (Cillian Murphy), we delve into a past marred by an accident that tears them apart. She will become a renowned artist and healer, and he will grow into his own and a peculiar falconer who bears the marks of a double absence.

In the present, a young journalist (Mélanie Laurent) will bring about an encounter between the two that puts the very meaning of life and art into question, so that we may contemplate the possibility of living life to its fullest, despite the uncertainties littering our paths.

From filmmaker Claudia Llosa (THE MILK OF SORROW), the director says ALOFT,

“journeys through the worlds of art and nature to explore the meaning of healing and death as it forces us to confront the immensity of such concepts as love, order, chaos and faith, which at times are impossible to understand through rational thinking alone.

Does art heal? Is nature a variable? Aristotle said that humans feel pain when they act against their nature.

In the end, we learn that understanding our own nature is the most difficult task in life and that, perhaps, art can help us by offering the possibility of catharsis and sublimation.”

ALOFT opens in the US May 22nd.