The Liberation

Plot

Rita is entranced by the mesmeric Leader and renounces her family to embrace the world of the enigmatic Harmonia commune. Her daughters Ella and Jo put everything on the line to infiltrate the cult and bring their mother home. Yet, once immersed in the commune, they find themselves inexorably drawn into the Leader’s labyrinthine web of psycho-spiritual manipulation.

About The Liberation

The Liberation is a 2026 mystery drama film directed by Guy Nattiv, co-written with Noa Berman-Herzberg, and inspired by real events from the life of Nattiv's own grandmother. A co-production of the United Kingdom, United States, and New Zealand, it stars Carrie Coon as Rita Cooper, a Holocaust survivor who renounces her family to join the Harmonia commune cult. The film premiered at the 53rd Telluride Film Festival on 4 September 2026, followed by a limited theatrical release in November 2026, before going into wide theatrical release in the United States by Bleecker Street on 8 January 2027.

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