Cynthia Erivo is Adrift on a Greek Island in ‘Drift’ Drama Official Trailer

“Where are their parents?” “They fled.” Utopia has revealed the trailer for an indie drama titled Drift, the third feature film from acclaimed Singaporean filmmaker Anthony Chen, following his features Ilo Ilo and Wet Season previously. This premiered at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival earlier this year to some mixed and positive reviews. Jacqueline, a young refugee from Africa, lands alone and penniless on a Greek island, where she tries first to survive and then to cope with her past. While gathering her strength, she begins a friendship with a rootless tour-guide also working on the isalnd and together they find the resilience to forge ahead. “Jacqueline must face the ghosts that haunt her—or tip into full-blown madness.” The very talented Cynthia Erivo stars as Jacqueline, with Alia Shawkat, Ibrahima Ba, Honor Swinton Byrne, Zainab Jah, and Vincent Vermignon. This trailer also features the song “It Would Be” written & sung by Cynthia Erivo & Laura Mvula. A quietly powerful film about finding yourself anew when you no longer have a home. // Continue Reading ›