Equals trailer: Kristen Stewart plays someone with no emotions

Love and other feelings are banned in dystopian world

The first trailer for Equals comes out of Tribeca today, a futuristic thriller starring Kristen Stewart and Nicholas Hoult.

It comes from director Drake Doremus, who was behind Like Crazy and Breathe In and helped launch Felicity Jones’ career.

Here’s the premise, as per Deadline:

‘Stewart and Hoult play co-workers Nia and Silas in a futuristic utopian society called “The Collective” where crime and violence have been erased through genetic engineering that also, by the way, got rid of all those messy human emotions and love is a crime. And yet. Nia and Silas can’t help noticing a growing attraction between them, leading them to a forbidden relationship at first tentative but then exploding into a passionate romance, provoking suspicion among their superiors. They’re forced to choose between going back to the safety of the lives they have always known, or risk it all to try and pull off a daring escape.’

The film has the aesthetic you would expect of a futuristic thriller - all white, angular clothing and ice blue colour-grading.

Guy Pearce (Memento) also features in the movie, alongside Nathan Parker (Moon), Jacki Weaver (Silver Linings Playbook), Bel Powley (The Diary of a Teenage Girl) and Kate Lyn Sheil (You’re Next).

Getting its premiere at Tribeca Film Festival in New York this week, it hits US cinemas on 26 May, with a UK release date yet to be announced.