We caught the superb Vox Lux, the incoming drama starring Natalie Portman, at the Toronto International Film Festival last month, and loved it. It has played at the London Film Festival since and starts its roll-out into cinemas very soon. As part of the promotional campaign, we have the brand new trailer to share.
Here’s the official blurb for the film.
Vox Lux, a 20th Century Portrait, begins in 1999 when teenage Celeste (Raffey Cassidy) survives a violent tragedy. After singing at a memorial service, Celeste transforms into a burgeoning pop star with the help of her songwriter sister (Stacy Martin) and talent manager (Jude Law). Celeste’s meteoric rise to fame dovetails with a personal and national loss of innocence, consequently elevating the young powerhouse to a new kind of celebrity: American icon, secular deity, global superstar.
By 2017, adult Celeste (Natalie Portman) is mounting a comeback after a scandalous incident almost derailed her career. Touring in support of her sixth album, a compendium of sci-fi anthems entitled, “Vox Lux,” the indomitable, foul-mouthed pop savior must overcome her personal and familial struggles to navigate motherhood, madness and monolithic fame.
Featuring original songs by Sia, an original score by Scott Walker and a transcendent performance by Natalie Portman – VOX LUX personifies the cult of celebrity and pummels the zeitgeist, it’s an original story about the forces that shape us, as individuals and nations.
Related: Vox Lux review [TIFF]
You can read my full review of the film from TIFF at the end of the link above. Vox Lux opens in the UK sometime next year, but U.S. audiences, to who this trailer is aimed at, will get the chance to see it from December 7th.
