Director Mona Fastvold and Casey Affleck talk ‘The World To Come’
Coming out this week in theaters from Bleecker Street is the romantic period drama, The World To Come, starring Katherine Waterston (Inherent Vice, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them), Emmy-nominated ‘Vanessa Kirby (The Crown, Mission: Impossible - Fallout) Christopher Abbott, and Oscar winner Casey Affleck (Manchester By The Sea)
In this powerful 19th century romance set in the American Northeast, Abigail (Katherine Waterston), a farmer's wife, and her new neighbor Tallie (Vanessa Kirby) find themselves irrevocably drawn to each other. A grieving Abigail tends to her withdrawn husband Dyer (Casey Affleck) as free-spirit Tallie bristles at the jealous control of her husband Finney (Christopher Abbott), when together their intimacy begins to fill a void in each other's lives they never knew existed. Directed by Mona Fastvold and scripted by Jim Shepard and Ron Hansen, THE WORLD TO COME explores how isolation is overcome by the intensity of human connection.
An adaptation of Jim Shepard's 2017 critically-acclaimed short story of the same name, the film was produced by Casey Affleck, Whitaker Lader, Pamela Koffler, David Hinojosa and Margarethe Baillo. BlackFilmandTV.com’s Wilson Morales recently spoke with Fastvold and Affleck about their roles in the film, from producing and directing.
