The film, Hail Mary, will make its world debut at SXSW on March 13.
You might need more than a prayer to escape this guy.
“I came from the soil, my friend,” Baal says ominously.
(L-R) Benny Emmanuel and Jack Huston in ‘Hail Mary’.Light of Mine Holdings
“Just like your crops.
And to the soil I shall return, but not until I serve my purpose.
Maybe I can meet your Maria?”
Natalia del Riego in ‘Hail Mary’.Anglae Teresa Abreu/Light of Mine Holdings
The farmer then falls to the ground and appears to age rapidly before dying.
Soon, his fellow workers who haven’t started running already drop dead too.
Per the genre-bending film’s official synopsis, Maria is a 17-year-old from Belize who finds herself mysteriously pregnant.
Hail Marymakes itsworld debut at the SXSW Film Festivalin Austin, Tex.
as part of the Narrative Spotlight section on March 13.
