Trailer For The New Zealand Drama JUNIPER Starring Charlotte Rampling

Greenwich Entertainment has released a trailer for the upcoming New Zealand drama Juniper. The movie revolves around a self-destructive teen who is suspended from school and asked to look after his feisty alcoholic grandmother as a punishment. As he looks after her and they spend time together, the boy starts to turn his life around.

Here’s the synopsis:

Since his mother's death, Sam (George Ferrier) has been on a self-destructive spiral that could lead to his death. Sam was not with his mother when she passed and has felt the shame of it ever since. In fact, he is planning to take his own life. Until he returns home from boarding school to find his wheelchair-bound English grandmother, Ruth (Charlotte Rampling), has moved in. Ruth is an ex-war photographer with a lust for life and a love of the bottle. Sam soon finds himself profoundly confronted by her alcoholic wit and chutzpah. Their first meeting is awkward; their second violent. Things get worse when Sam finds himself stranded alone with her and her nurse Sarah for the school holidays – a disruption that messes with Sam's plans to take his own life. A battle of supremacy ensues, one that Ruth eventually wins when she drinks Sam under the table. Sam puts his plans to die aside and starts to find inspiration and meaning in his grandmother's lust for life and her photos as a war photographer.

Juniper is both written and directed by Matthew J. Saville, who is making his feature directorial debut. It will be released in select US theaters starting February 24th, 2023.