‘Alice’, Darling, the latest psychological thriller from Lionsgate Play, follows Alice as she gains the strength and courage to confront the harsh reality of her emotionally abusive relationship.

‘Alice’, Darling brings to light the sensitive issue of emotional abuse that is prevalent in society and encourages us to start a conversation about identifying and dealing with emotionally abusive relationships in our own lives.

The film, which will be released exclusively on Lionsgate Play in India on May 26, stars Oscar nominee Anna Kendrick, Charlie Carrick, Kaniehtiio Horn, and Wunmi Mosaku in pivotal roles.

Speaking about her character Alice, actor Anna Kendrick said, “When we meet Alice, she doesn’t know who she is. It was a bizarre character to play because the whole point is that she has sort of lost herself and that everything in her focus and all her energy is going towards being kind of small and flexible and managing her partner’s potential reactivity. And the sense that if she’s just a little bit better if she is just perfect, then everything will be okay – that mindset slowly creeps in, and before she knows it, she doesn’t recognize herself. Only when she is with her close friends does Alice have a little more room to breathe? It’s interesting because she’s resistant to that at first since if she fully recognizes and accepts herself and then returns to her partner, she will be in serious trouble and her carefully constructed self-sabotaging world will come apart.”

Talking about what interested her about the lead character Alice, Director Mary Nighy said, “This character seems fine on the surface, but obviously, you have little windows into her. A lot of the time that she is in the bathroom, obsessively twirling and pulling her hair – it is clear she is in great distress about something. So how do you bring that out in a subtle way that tells you what’s happening inside the character? That was appealing and interesting to me.”

‘Alice’, Darling starring Anna Kendrick will stream exclusively on Lionsgate Play in India on May 26.