Actress Alice Englert makes her directorial debut with
Bad Behaviour, which she also wrote. The film stars Jennifer Connelly as a
troubled former child star who joins a spiritual retreat in search of some
healing. Her troubles are only exacerbated when she becomes obsessed with a
model (Dasha Nekrasova) and attempts to reconnect with her daughter
(Englert). Ben Whishaw also stars.
Bad Behaviour premieres exclusively on the Icon Film Channel from December 4th and will
be in UK cinemas from January 5th with a VOD release from February
5th.
Check out the trailer and poster below.
The official synopsis reads:
Lucy (Jennifer Connelly), a former child actress, seeks healing from the traumas of her life. She embarks on a spiritual retreat, only for it to become anything but healing: she’s easily annoyed by the other attendees and wants attention from the retreat’s new-age guru Elon Bello (Ben Whishaw). Even worse, she has become destructively obsessed with the retreat’s celebrity guest, a model named Beverly (Dasha Nekrasova, Succession). As Beverly finds “enlightenment” easily, Lucy’s feelings of insecurity continue to rise to the surface.
During this time, Lucy also tries to connect with her stunt performer adult daughter, Dylan (Alice Englert) who’s currently on set in New Zealand. Dylan’s falling into an obsession of her own: a bad romance with the main actor Elmore, whose insistence on doing his own stunts will have disastrous consequences. Brutal incidents in both women’s worlds force them back together to confront their personal demons and their own relationship.
