Watch a teaser for the film Her Smell starring Elizabeth Moss before it premieres Sunday at the Toronto International Film Festival.
Becky Something (Elisabeth Moss) is a '90s punk rock superstar who once filled arenas with her grungy all-female trio Something She. Now she plays smaller venues while grappling with motherhood, exhausted band mates, nervous record company executives, and a new generation of rising talent eager to usurp her stardom. When Becky's chaos and excesses derail a recording session and national tour, she finds herself shunned, isolated and alone. Forced to get sober, temper her demons, and reckon with the past, she retreats from the spotlight and tries to recapture the creative inspiration that led her band to success.
Anchored by a towering, unflinching performance from Golden Globe and Emmy winner Moss, and supported by a stellar ensemble cast, Her Smell examines the grit, grace and gravitas of an unforgettable fictional rock star CRASHING down to earth into the harsh realities of mid-life. With his incendiary and deeply humane fifth feature, writer-director Alex Ross Perry (Listen Up Philip, Golden Exits) pumps up the volume and shines a light on the terrifying moment when superstardom wanes - and quiet becomes the new loud.
TIFF Screenings
World Premiere: Sunday Sept. 9 at 5:45pm - Winter Garden Theatre
Press & Industry Screening #1: Monday, Sept. 10 at 12:00pm - Scotiabank Theatre
Public Screening #2: Tuesday, Sept. 11 at 12:00pm - TIFF Bell Lightbox
Press & Industry Screening #2: Wednesday, Sept. 12 at 8:30pm - Scotiabank Theatre
Press & Industry Screening #3: Friday, Sept. 14 at 11:15am - Scotiabank Theatre
Public Screening #3: Friday, Sept. 14 at 9:15pm - TIFF Bell Lightbox
NYFF Screenings
Press Screening: Monday, Sept. 17 at 10:00am - Walter Reade Theatre
U.S. Premiere: Saturday, Sept. 29 at 6:00pm - Alice Tully Hall
Public Screening #2: Sunday, Sept. 30 at 12:00pm - Alice Tully Hall
TRT: 135 min.
Country: USA
Language: English
Section: Platform
Sales: Endeavor Content (U.S.) and Voltage Pictures (International)
Written and Directed by: Alex Ross Perry
Cast: Elisabeth Moss, Cara Delevingne, Dan Stevens, Amber Heard, Agyness Deyn, Gayle Rankin, Ashley Benson, Dylan Gelula, Virginia Madsen, Eric Stoltz
Producers: Matthew Perniciaro, Michael Sherman, Adam Piotrowicz, Elisabeth Moss, Alex Ross Perry
Executive Producer: Christos V. Konstantakopoulos
Original Score: Keegan DeWitt
Director of Photography: Sean Price Williams
Editor: Robert Greene
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