Info in Movie News | A24 has revealed the primary trailer for Mother Mary, a music-drama movie that undoubtedly brings Anne Hathaway to one of her most complicated emotionally roles. Rather than showing the typical rise-and-fall of a pop music biography, this movie goes into the artist's psyche who starts to break down by her own persona. The trailer feels like a mysterious, stylistic, and emotional tension kind of movie that A24 is famous for.
According to Variety, the narrative is about Mary, a famous pop star, and Anne Hathaway plays the role; after an intense confrontation with her own existence, she decides to cancel her tour abruptly. A manic Mary, torn between the staged version of herself and her real one, goes back to Sam Anselm, her best friend from whom she was apart and the costume designer who made her the trend for the early years of her career. Their reunion isn't a comfortable one by any means; it is a very cold memory of their past. They reconnect with each other, this time with more scars and less love, and the fans' emotional breaking points become the driving force of the plot.
The movie is his typical blend of realism, bizarre symbolism, and character-driven narrative, with David Lowery, of The Green Knight and A Ghost Story, writing and directing the movie. Lowery’s previous movies have had characters in emotional crises who then also have the myths they construct around themselves and Mother Mary looks like it will be his further investigation of these themes but with the addition of music and set in the present day.
What makes the movie compelling is not simply Hathaway’s intense performance, but the dynamic between the two leads. Mary is someone carved by fame, surrounded by lights, expectations, and a carefully engineered identity. Michaela Coel portrayed Sam, who was a reflection of the past that Mary had (brought up), a side of her life that was not affected by glamor but was still packed with old pain. Coel, who is known for I May Destroy You, strongly supports emotionally in a way which is believable and fits well with Hathaway’s faltering side.
The trailer is packed with a lot of sequences that signify ritual symbolism; one of such scenes is where Mary and Sam are sitting in a circle of candles. Such scenes bring intrigue and suspense whereby the story gets elevated beyond a mere music-industry drama. The signs visually depict that the movie dwells on the issues of identity, control, and intimacy through the characters’ unusual and sometimes disturbing experiences. When Lowery is shooting, the blend of stage-like visuals and the characters’ inner voices as the story moves along seems to be his deliberate and closely organized work.
By the way, Hathaway had a long, hard talk with herself before she decided to go ahead with this role. During the interview with Vogue, she revealed that she had to know both the outward and inward side of a real pop star, referred to the entire process as “humbling,” and confessed that she had to force herself to be a beginner all over again. Coel, after that, lauded the effort of Hathaway, saying that there were occasions when physically demanding scenes were done over and over again with full emotional involvement, thus, the presence of Hathaway in the role is what makes the scene.
Music plays a major role in Mother Mary. A24 convinced to the table the top-notch collaborators: Jack Antonoff, Charli XCX, and FKA Twigs, who all made new songs for the movie. Besides music, FKA Twigs as well is in the cast, hence widening her contribution. Daniel Hart, Lowery’s long-time composer, is back to create the score, thereby enhancing the atmospheric musical textures he is known for, eerie, soft, and very touching.
The movie, in addition, has a significant supporting cast of Hunter Schafer, Alba Baptista, Kaia Gerber, Jessica Brown Findlay, Atheena Frizzell, Isaura Barbé-Brown, and Sian Clifford. The production was done in Germany with the help of movie, und Medienstiftung NRW and DFFF, thus showing that the project has not only the artist’s ambition but also the support of the international community.
Since the trailer release, Mother Mary has been talked about due to its daring tone, Hathaway’s metamorphosis, and the uncommon trio of music, psychological drama, and symbolic storytelling. A24 is known for supporting unorthodox projects, and this movie seems to be going on with that tradition but with a new perspective of fame, friendship, and identity.
Mary Mother went to be displayed in cinema in April 2026 and it is said that it would be one of the best A24 releases of the year. This emotionally touching movie, with its very artistic visuals, and the new music of some of the most popular and influential contemporary artists being added, is a dream that is a mixture of grand spectacle and introspection.
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