Alexander Skarsgard, Julianne Moore, Steve Coogan, Joanna Vanderham, and Onata Aprile star in What Maisie Knew, the dramatic film based on the Henry James novel. Millennium Entertainment has just released a new trailer for the drama directed by Scott McGehee and David Siegel, which will be heading to theaters this May.
The Plot, Courtesy of the Toronto Film Festival:
Susanna (Julianne Moore) is a pushy but seductive rock and roll icon married to Beale (Steve Coogan), a charming, distracted art dealer. Unnerved by the prospect of middle-aged stasis and drawn to other lovers, the couple eventually divorces. Maisie (Onata Aprile), their only child, is caught in the middle of it all, a flesh-and-blood bargaining tool who winds up being shuttled back and forth between her parents as they each attempt to start their lives afresh with new partners.
Quietly precocious and a keen observer, Maisie begins to understand how essentially selfish, irresponsible, and damaged her parents really are. With time their new relationships disintegrate as well, and Maisie is forced to consider whether or not she should try to construct for herself a whole new family altogether.
