Studio Soho Distribution has debuted the UK poster and full trailer for Jeremy Hersh’s festival favourite The Surrogate, ahead of its UK release in cinemas (!) on the 9th of July.
The film stars Jasmine Batchelor as Jess, a young woman who is about to become surrogate and egg-donor for her best friend. Batchelor has been winning plaudits for her performance, including her nomination for a Breakthrough Actor award at the IFP Gotham Awards. The film also stars Chris Perfetti, Sullivan Jones, Brooke Bloom, Eboni Booth, William DeMeritt and Purva Bedi.
Here’s the new UK poster which was revealed today.
Plot:
A sensitive insight into the complex issues surrounding surrogacy, THE SURROGATE follows Jess Harris (Jasmine Batchelor, “The Good Fight”), a 29-year-old web designer, who is excited to be the surrogate and egg-donor for her best friend Josh (Chris Perfetti, “Looking”) and his husband Aaron (Sullivan Jones, “Halston”, “Slave Play”). Twelve weeks into the pregnancy, a prenatal test comes back with unexpected results that pose a moral dilemma. As they all consider the best course of action, the relationship between the three friends is put to the test.
Here’s the trailer.
