Amy Adams’ homemaker develops canine instincts while she grapples with household chores and an unexciting life, eventually transitioning into a dog and experiencing freedom in the trailer of Nightbitch, an upcoming film based on Rachel Yoder’s 2001 satirical novel of the same name.
Dropped by the makers on Monday, the two-minute-16-second-long trailer shows Adams’ stay-at-home mother tired of taking care of her children and doing household chores all day. Suddenly, one day, she starts to develop carnivorous instincts which make her convinced that she’s turning into a dog. “I’m never going to be smart, happy or thin ever again,” Adams says in the trailer. “Oh, and I’m pretty sure I’m turning into a dog.”
While conversing with a group of women at a shopping mall, Adams talks about the power of being a woman. “Do you ever feel like the big secret is that we are gods,” she asks in the trailer. The video ends with Adams as a dog, running on the streets at night and enjoying her freedom.
Directed by Marielle Heller, Nightbitch is an adaptation of Rachel Yoder’s 2001 satirical novel centred on a woman who takes a break from her art career to be a stay-at-home mum. But her new domestic life takes a horrifying turn when she realises that she is slowly turning into a carnivorous animal after having to deal with full-time responsibilities as a mother. Lonely and overwhelmed, she imagines that she is growing sharp canines like that of a dog and discovers an aggressive voice within herself. Her new feral instincts arise out of her exhausting motherhood routine, especially at night when her two-year-old child would not go to sleep.
Actress-turned-filmmaker Marielle Heller is known for her 2015 film The Diary of a Teenage Girl and the 2018 crime-comedy Can You Ever Forgive Me starring Melissa McCarthy. Heller received an Independent Spirit Award for best first feature in 2016 as well as The Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Actress in 2015 for The Diary of a Teenage Girl.
Nightbitch is slated to hit theatres globally on December 6.
