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FOE on Amazon Prime Jan 5

Saoirse Ronan and Paul Mescal

Irish starlets, Saoirse Ronan and Paul Mescal, take the lead roles in Garth Davis’ FOE, premiering on Amazon Prime on Jan 5th. Hen (Ronan) & Junior’s (Mescal) life is thrown into turmoil when a stranger shows up at their door with a startling proposal. Will they risk their relationship & personal identity for a chance to survive in a new world? With mesmerizing imagery and persistent questions about the nature of humanity (and artificial humanity), FOE brings the not-too-distant future to luminous life.

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Paul Mescal on Jimmy Kimmel

Paul Mescal

During his latest appearance on JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE, Paul talks about being at the Oscars with his parents, discovering seat fillers are a thing, staying up all night, being in A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE in London, his new movie ALL OF US STRANGERS, doing a love scene with Andrew Scott, and Jimmy’s dad cornering Paul backstage to ask him a lot of questions about Ireland.

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FOE review

FOE on Amazon Prime Jan 5

Saoirse Ronan

After providing the raw fodder for Charlie Kaufman’s characteristically cryptic I’M THINKING OF ENDING THINGS, Canadian novelist Iain Reid serves up more brain-bender material in Garth Davis’ FOE. Anchored by emotionally raw performances from Saoirse Ronan and Paul Mescal, with Aaron Pierre as a stranger bringing equal parts seductive charm and understated menace, this brooding psychological sci-fi about a dying planet and a floundering marriage.

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FOE trailer

Paul Mescal

Based on the 2018 novel by Ian Reid, FOE is described as a psychological thriller and horror fiction set against a science fiction backdrop. In theatres October 6, the film is directed by Australian filmmaker Garth Davis, who co-wrote the script with Iain Reid, the novel’s author. Aaron Pierre, from 2020’s dramatization of Colson Whitehead’s THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD, also stars. Mescal and Ronan play Junior and Henrietta, a young married couple in the not-too-distant future where severe climate change and fires have ruined the landscape. 

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Mescal and Ronan in FOE

Saoirse Ronan

Paul Mescal and Saoirse Ronan face a dangerous future in FOE. Mescal and Ronan portray Junior and Henrietta, a married couple living in a rural farmhouse 40 or so years into the future. The vast majority of the film takes place in their home and stays with them through an unpredictable, tragic journey, sprinkled with glimmers of hope and punctuated by a reveal that compels a rewatch. Amazon Studios will release FOE in theaters on October 6.

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Ronan and Mescal in FOE

Saoirse Ronan

Two of Ireland’s leading talents, Oscar nominees Saoirse Ronan and Paul Mescal, teamed up last year to shoot the science fiction thriller FOE which will likely release this fall, according to World of Reel, which also reported on a test screening of the flick. stars Paul Mescal and Saoirse Ronan as a couple living out in the middle of a desert-like area.

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Saoirse Ronan interview

Saoirse Ronan

Now in the next phase of superstardom, Saoirse Ronan is slated to appear in three upcoming films, including Steve McQueen’s World War II historical drama BLITZ; a film adaptation of Amy Liptrot’s celebrated memoir THE OUTRUN, which sets themes of addiction and healing against the sheer cliffs and lush farmland of the remote Scottish coast; and Foe, a sci-fi thriller which sees Ronan alongside her friend and fellow countryman Paul Mescal, as they struggle to survive in a not-too-distant future world, ravaged by the impacts of climate change.

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