Adapted by writer/director Sam Esmail (Mr Robot) from the novel by Rumaan Alam,
Leave the World Behind stars Julia Roberts and
Ethan Hawke as a couple who take their kids (Charlie Evans and
Farrah Mackenzie) on a getaway to a remote home. During the night the
family is disturbed by the arrival of a stranger (Mahershala Ali) and
his daughter (Myha'la Herrold) who claim the home is theirs and wish to take
refuge during a devastating cyber attack.
Leave the World Behind is on Netflix from December
8th.
Check out the trailer below.
The official synopsis reads:
In this apocalyptic thriller from award-winning writer and director Sam Esmail (MR. ROBOT), Amanda (Julia Roberts) and her husband Clay (Ethan Hawke) rent a luxurious home for the weekend with their kids, Archie (Charlie Evans) and Rose (Farrah Mackenzie). Their vacation is soon upended when two strangers — G.H. (Mahershala Ali) and his daughter Ruth (Myha’la) — arrive in the night, bearing news of a mysterious cyberattack and seeking refuge in the house they claim is theirs. The two families reckon with a looming disaster that grows more terrifying by the minute, forcing everyone to come to terms with their places in a collapsing world.