Jeremiah Zagar's WE THE ANIMALS, Based on Justin Torres' Acclaimed Novel, Opens on August 17

On behalf of The Orchard, you are invited to a screening of Jeremy Zagar's WE THE ANIMALS, based on the celebrated novel by Justin Torres. Winner of the Innovator Award at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival and a top prize-winner at festivals across the country, the film will open in New York on Friday, August 17 at the Angelika Film Center and The Landmark at 57 West. It will open in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Boston and Philadelphia on Friday, August 24 with a broader expansion to follow.

Us three. Us brothers. Us kings, inseparable. Three boys tear through their childhood in the midst of their young parents' volatile love that makes and unmakes THE FAMILY many times over. While Manny and Joel grow into versions of their loving and unpredictable father (Raúl Castillo, Looking), Ma (Sheila Vand, A Girl Walks HOME ALONE At Night) seeks to shelter her youngest, Jonah, in the cocoon of home. More sensitive and conscious than his older siblings, Jonah increasingly embraces an imagined world all his own.

With a screenplay by the director and Dan Kitrosser, WE THE ANIMALS is a visceral coming-of-age story propelled by layered performances from its astounding cast-including three talented, young first-time actors-and stunning animated sequences that bring Jonah's torn inner world to life. Drawing from his documentary background, Zagar (In a Dream, Captivated: The Trials of Pamela Smart) creates an immersive portrait of working-class family life and brotherhood.