Korean-American director Celine Song, who received Academy Award attention for her previous work ‘Fast Lives’, has confirmed her domestic release date for her new film ‘The Materialist’ with August 8th, and has released a teaser poster and main trailer.

‘The Materialist’ is a choice romance film about a capable couple manager, Lucy, who has to choose between a ‘unicorn’ man with all the skills, looks, and assets who suddenly appears in her life and her dirty but passionately loved ex-boyfriend.

The released teaser poster captures attention with visuals that appear to have been taken with a film camera, including a gorgeous wedding cake with the ‘Materialist’ logo, Lucy’s couple manager business card, beer, and other various elements that appear in the movie.

The main trailer also shows the realistic story of the ‘materialist’ who struggles fiercely between love and reality.Lucy, who works as a capable couple manager in New York, meets Harry, a unicorn-like man with no looks or assets, at a client’s wedding hall, and coincidentally reunites with John, her ex-boyfriend who had nothing but whom she loved passionately, at the same place.

Lucy, who is struggling between two relationships that started coincidentally on the same day, walks a tightrope between love and reality.The trailer, which contains key scenes from the movie, makes women and potential viewers look forward to the process in which Lucy, who has a realistic job as a couple manager, finds what she truly wants between the realistic conditions of marriage and unrealistic but burning emotions.

Meanwhile, ‘The Materialist’ boasts a stellar lineup, not only in terms of director but also in terms of actors.Dakota Johnson appears as Lucy, who is in a sweet trouble, Chris Evans appears as Lucy’s ex-boyfriend John, and Pedro Pascal appears as Harry, a top 1% unicorn guy.



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