Ethan Hawke directs his daughter Maya Hawke in
Wildcat, which he co-wrote with Shelby Gaines. Maya Hawke plays writer
Flannery O'Connor as she visits her estranged mother (Laura Linney)
upon being diagnosed with lupus. O'Connor's condition prompts her to seek
refuge in her writing and causes her to evaluate its worth.
The film also stars Phillip Ettinger, Rafael Casal, Cooper Hoffman, Steve Zahn, Vincent
D'Onofrio, Alessandro Nivola, Christine Dye, Willa Fitzgerald and
Levon Hawke.
Wildcat is in US cinemas from May 3rd. A UK/ROI release has
yet to be announced.
Check out the trailer and poster below.
The official synopsis reads:
Directed and co-written by four-time Academy Award nominee Ethan Hawke, WILDCAT invites the audience to weave in and out of celebrated Southern Gothic writer Flannery O’Connor's mind as she ponders the great questions of her writing: Can scandalous art still serve God? Does suffering precede all greatness? Can illness be a blessing? In 1950, Flannery (Maya Hawke) visits her mother Regina (Laura Linney) in Georgia when she is diagnosed with lupus at twenty-four years old. Struggling with the same disease that took her father’s life when she was a child and desperate to make her mark as a great writer, this crisis pitches her imagination into a feverish exploration of belief. As she dives deeper into her craft, the lines between reality, imagination, and faith begin to blur, allowing Flannery to ultimately come to peace with her situation and heal a strained relationship with her mother.
