Josephine

Josephine

When 8-year-old Josephine (newcomer Mason Reeves) witnesses a shocking sexual assault, her childhood is shattered. Picking up the fragments will test her loving parents (Magic Mike star Channing Tatum and Crazy Rich Asians’ Gemma Chan) to their limits in Beth de Araújo’s Sundance winner.

Director

Beth de Araújo

Runtime

114 Minutes

Country

United States

Classification

Unclassified 18+

San Francisco father Damien (Magic Mike star Channing Tatum in a career-best performance) dotes on his 8-year-old, rough-and-tumble, soccer-loving daughter, Josephine (newcomer Mason Reeves). But when he stops to catch his breath while they’re jogging in Golden Gate Park, Josephine witnesses a sexual assault. She does not have the language or reference points to understand what she sees frozen in the undergrowth and is consumed by competing terror and strange fascination.

Damien and Josephine’s mother, Claire (Crazy Rich Asians’ Gemma Chan), struggle with the aftermath; how best to equip their too-young daughter with the tools she needs to survive the investigation while maintaining the innocent joy of her childhood. As Josephine begins to act out in increasingly violent ways, the confusion of her inner turmoil is mirrored in the unsteady fracturing of her parents’ previously rock-solid marriage.

Winning the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance and nominated for the Golden Bear at Berlin, Beth de Araújo’s startling but emotionally truthful second feature, drawn from her own childhood experience, is a tough but vital watch.

“Beth de Araújo’s masterful ability to interrogate tension on every level keeps the film clipping along.”

IndieWire

“The standout drama of Sundance.”

The Guardian

“Both a powerful coming of age parable and a tense legal procedural, at the core of which lies a furious indictment of the difficulties faced by survivors of sexual assault trying to secure justice.”

Sight and Sound

Sundance - Grand Jury Prize Dramatic & Audience Award US Dramatic

Berlin

Melbourne

Film Credits

Director

Beth de Araújo

Year

2026

Country

United States

Language

English

Type

Feature Fiction

Program Strand

World Cinema

Producer

Gemma Chan, Joshua Beirne-Golden, David Kaplan, Marina Stabile, Channing Tatum, Crystine Zhang, Mark H. Rapaport, Beth de Araújo & Josh Peters

Writer

Beth de Araújo

Cinematographer

Greta Zozula

Editor

Anisha Acharya, Nico Leunen & Kyle Reiter

Music

Miles Ross

Film Source

Madman Entertainment

Genre

Crime, Drama, Psychological & Women

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