Nicole Kidman plays tormented wife of Russell Crowe's pastor who forces gay son into conversion program in Boy Erased trailer
The trailer for the film Boy Erased was released on Tuesday.
In the clip, Nicole Kidman can be seen playing the role of a conflicted mother as her 19-year-old son Garrard Conley, played by Lucas Hedges, is asked to deny his homosexuality by attending a conversion therapy program.
Also in the drama, which is written and directed by Joel Edgerton, is Russell Crowe playing the part of Nicole's Baptist pastor husband Marshall Conley.
Torn apart: The trailer for the film Boy Erased was released on Tuesday. In the clip, Nicole Kidman can be seen playing the role of a conflicted mother as her 19-year-old son Garrard Conley, played by Lucas Hedges, is asked to deny his homosexuality
Trouble at home: Also in the drama, which is written and directed by Joel Edgerton, is Russell Crowe playing the part of Nicole's Baptist pastor husband Marshall Conley
The film is based on Garrard's book Boy Erased: A Memoir which mapped out his struggle to come out as gay even when his parents tried to convert him.
The clip opens with a shot of a tree-lined street in a middle class suburban neighborhood.
The slow and sad music sets the tone for the heavy subject matter.
'Garrard, I want you to do well,' says his father, played by Crowe.
Anywhere USA: The clip opens with a shot of a tree-lined street in a middle class suburban neighborhood
Stern: 'I want you to do well,' says his father, played by Crowe. 'I want you to have a great life'
But...: He then adds, 'I love you, but we cannot see a way that you can live under this roof if you're going to fundamentally go against the grain of our beliefs'
'I want you to have a great life. I love you, but we cannot see a way that you can live under this roof if you're going to fundamentally go against the grain of our beliefs.'
The teenager is seen playing basketball with pretty cheerleaders around him. But it's another boy who catches his eye during a nighttime swimming session.
Then he is shown talking to his parents in their kitchen. They want to know what is going on with him; that is when he admits he 'thinks' about men. 'I don't know why,' he adds. 'I'm so sorry.'
All American hero: The teenager is seen playing basketball with pretty cheerleaders around him
He's into a boy: But it's another boy who catches his eye during a nighttime swimming session
His hidden desires: Then he is shown talking to his parents in their kitchen. They want to know what is going on with him; that is when he admits he 'thinks' about men. 'I don't know why,' he adds. 'I'm so sorry'
Aghast: Nicole's character looks stunned and horrified as she tears up while in a rust-colored top and a gold cross around her neck
For the best? Kidman's doting mom is then seen putting her hands on her son's face in a sign she obviously cares for him. But she is still focused on 'fixing' him. 'They're going to do things for you,' she reassures Garrard
Nicole's character looks stunned and horrified as she tears up while in a rust-colored top and a gold cross around her neck.
Nicole and Russell are seen taking their son to the conversion program.
'Your parents signed you up for a program to fix you, but you are a perfectly normal, very healthy teenage boy,' says a female doctor.
Getting help? Nicole and Russell are seen taking their son to the conversion program
Bye mom: Kidman's character checks her son into the program; the facility is cold and bleak
The fixer: Once in the facility, he is seen being preached to by Victor Sykes, played by Edgerton
Change! He is the head therapist at a gay conversion therapy program. 'Welcome to the refuge program,' he begins. The group is told, 'You cannot be born a homosexual. That's a lie, it's a choice'
Kidman's doting mom is then seen putting her hands on her son's face in a sign she obviously cares for him. But she is still focused on 'fixing' him.
'They're going to do things for you,' she reassures Garrard.
Once in the facility, he is seen being preached to by Victor Sykes, played by Edgerton.
Drill time: Then several men are seen lined up side by side; they are of varying ages. 'Fake it till you make it,' says a hard-looking coach. 'Become the man you are not. Save yourself'
He is the head therapist at a gay conversion therapy program. 'Welcome to the refuge program,' he begins.
The group is told, 'You cannot be born a homosexual. That's a lie, it's a choice.'
Then several men are seen lined up side by side; they are of varying ages. 'Fake it till you make it,' says a hard-looking coach. 'Become the man you are not. Save yourself.'
No love to pass to him: Garrard is then told, 'God will not love you the way that you are'
Beating it out of him: Back at the facility, a boy is being seen on his hands and knees as he is being beaten by a book. He is being told to convert as other boys look on
Violent ends: The group looks on as a young man is tortured for being gay
Garrard is then told, 'God will not love you the way that you are.'
Back at the facility, a boy is being seen on his hands and knees as he is being beaten by a book. He is being told to convert as other boys look on. 'Who is going to strike this demon down?' a man asks.
'I'm having a tough time,' Garrard is heard saying.
Advice: He's told by a friend to 'tell them whatever they want to hear. Play the part, unless you really think you can change. Or even want to'
He's told by a friend to 'tell them whatever they want to hear. Play the part, unless you really think you can change. Or even want to.'
He is seen next at a dining room table with his parents; it's clear he is going with the flow to not anger his parents.
But he cannot contain his feelings and in the next clip, is seen exploding in a parking lot when he admires the photo of a handsome model.
Denying his desire: But he cannot contain his feelings and in the next clip, is seen exploding in a parking lot when he admires the photo of a handsome model
Unraveling: Kidman is then seen looking fragile as it becomes clear she is not happy with what she is doing to her boy: 'I love God and I love my son. For your father, it's a little more complicated'
Kidman is then seen looking fragile as it becomes clear she is not happy with what she is doing to her boy: 'I love God and I love my son. For your father, it's a little more complicated.'
He has a run-in with his father that appears to be a physical fight and is then later told him to hate him. 'I'm not finished,' yells the dad.
Kidman then goes to rescue her son saying she knows something is wrong. Kidman bangs on a door in a clear move that she wants her son out of the place.
Struggle: 'I don't want to pretend anymore,' a defiant Garrard tells his dad. 'I've had to ask myself and God if I am ready to lose you,' admits the patriarch
'I don't want to pretend anymore,' a defiant Garrard tells his dad.
'I've had to ask myself and God if I am ready to lose you,' admits the patriarch.
The clip ends with the boy seemingly leaving his small town for the big city. Also starring in the drama are Cherry Jones, Xavier Dolan, Troye Sivan and Michael 'Flea' Balzary. Joe Alwyn, who dates Taylor Swift, also has a role.
The movie is in theaters on November 2, 2018.
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