Wakefield trailer: Bryan Cranston delivers the goods in a near career-best performance in this stunning new drama. IFC Films will release the film Stateside next month.
The first Wakefield trailer has been released to the web. The debut of the first promo for the upcoming drama from Bryan Cranston comes just of six months since the movie made its debut at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival.
Based on the short story by E.L. Doctorow, the film sees Cranston play the title character of Howard Wakefield, a married man and father of two who suffers from a breakdown when he returns home from his high-powered job following a power cut during his commute in up-state New York one spring evening.
Rather than facing his wife and children after a particularly tough day at the office, Wakefield retreats to his garage/ out-house where he sits watching over his wife’s reaction to his sudden disappearance. What starts out as just a temporary thing, soon turns into something slightly more permanent as Wakefield awakes the following morning in the same spot. There he remains for hours, which then turn into weeks and ultimately months as he withdraws from life in what seems like a pretty major mid-life crisis.
We really liked this film when we saw it at last year’s TIFF, calling Cranston’s performance ‘brilliant’. He has to carry the film largely on his own, and sometimes without dialogue, but he conveys the pain of Wakefield superbly, and we are effortlessly placed into his solitary world and feel a lot of his pain but also laugh along with his comedic and very well performed observations.
Check out the first Wakefield trailer in the player below. The film releases Stateside on the 19th of May, but it is still waiting for a widespread release, including in the UK.
