Foe Trailer Tests Saoirse Ronan and Paul Mescal’s Future

What could otherwise be a smoldering, slam-dunk pairing between Saoirse Ronan and Paul Mescal is flipped on its head in the trailer for the upcoming sci-fi, psychological thriller Foe.

Based on the 2018 Iain Reid novel, the film follows rural couple Henrietta (Ronan) and Junior (Mescal) in the year 2065 whose “quiet life is thrown into turmoil when an uninvited stranger shows up at their door with a startling proposal,” according to the official log-line.

As revealed in the trailer, Junior has been offered the chance to join a futuristic space colony, with the caveat that he’d be traveling alone while Hen is left on Earth with “company” to replace him. “I don’t want a robot living with my wife,” Junior exclaims, but based on the marital strife that begins to unravel, it appears to be a proposal they both could consider. Watch the Foe trailer below.

Foe arrives in theaters on October 6th and features a petite cast of Oscar nominees Ronan and Mescal along with Aaron Pierre (The Underground Railroad, Old) as the mysterious stranger. It was helmed by Lion director Garth Davis, who co-wrote the screenplay with Iain Reid.