Daisy Ridley hunts down a ‘Star Wars’ colleague in the trailer for the psychological thriller ‘The Awakening of the Huntress’.

“What if the person you love most turns out to be a murderer?” The director explains this question Neil Burger the premise of “The Awakening of the Hunter”, in which a daughter must come to terms with her father’s murderous past. “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker” star Daisy Ridley takes on the role of daughter Helena, who was raised in a log cabin by her father – played by Ben Mendelsohn (“Rogue One: A Star Wars Story”) – during her childhood was held captive in the forest.

While her father later ended up behind bars for his actions as the “Moor King”, Helena, now an adult, is haunted by the memories of this time, which are not entirely bad for her, but are also imbued with a childish love for her. older. When her father escapes from prison years later, Helena remembers the skills he taught her in the forest: hunting and killing – and turns the tables once…

The Awakening of the Hunter

By
Neil Burger

Of
Daisy Ridley,
Ben Mendelsohn,
Garrett Hedlund

Starting date

February 1, 2024

“Without Limit” director Neil Burger films “The Awakening of the Huntress,” Karen Dionne’s 2017 bestselling novel “The Moor Daughter,” based on a screenplay by Mark L. Smith and Elle Smith. In addition to “Star Wars” stars Daisy Ridley and Ben Mendelsohn, Garrett Hedlund (“Inide Llewyn Davis”), Gil Birmingham (“Twilight”) and Brooklynn Prince (“The Florida Project”) were in front of the camera for the psychological thriller.

While the atmospheric survival thriller was released in American cinemas in early November, “The Awakening of the Huntress” will find its way to German cinemas on February 1, 2024.