EDDINGTON Teaser: Joaquin Phoenix Is A Doom-Scrolling Sheriff in Ari Aster’s Cannes Contender

Three years after his bewildering, anxiety-inducing Beau Is Afraid, Ari Aster is back with his fourth feature that addresses current events. His black-comedy/western Eddington is set to premiere in competition at the Cannes Film Festival, which will run May 14-22. Here, he reteams with his Beau star Joaquin Phoenix, who plays a sheriff in a fictional New Mexico town during the 2020 pandemic. The rest of the star-studded cast also includes Emma Stone, Pedro Pascal, Austin Butler, Luke Grimes, Deirdre O’Connell, Michael Ward, Clifton Collins Jr., William Belleau, Cameron Mann, Matt Gomez Hidaka, and Amélie Hoeferle.

A24 financed and produced the film. It is now set for a wide release in theaters July 18.

Here’s the brief synopsis:

In May of 2020, a standoff between a small-town sheriff (Joaquin Phoenix) and mayor (Pedro Pascal) sparks a powder keg as neighbor is pitted against neighbor in Eddington, New Mexico.

Check out the teaser and poster below.

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