We're not used to seeing Jennifer Lawrence in such roles. The young woman, discovered in the Hunger Games and X-Men sagas, plays a rather special tutor in The Challenge. The film opens in cinemas on June 21. In the meantime, check out the first trailer, just released online.
In this film by Gene Stupnitsky (director unknown in France, author of Good Boys, released in 2019), the actress plays Maddie, a desperate young woman who, to get out of her precarious situation, accepts a rather unusual job. The parents of a 19-year-old boy want to pay her to take their son out and let him enjoy his last few months before college. More to the point, to loosen up the most uptight boy in the world.
Of course, it's going to be a difficult mission for Maddie, who's going to have a hard time getting her way, because the boy is such a paragon of virtue: a volunteer at an animal shelter, unable to enjoy anything without asking a thousand questions. In short, the road ahead will be strewn with pitfalls...
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Dates and Opening Time
Starts June 21, 2023
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