Focus Features has unveiled the trailer for its Sundance-bound action-comedy Polite Society, marking the feature debut of writer-director Nida Manzoor (We Are Lady Parts), which is slated for release in theaters on Friday, April 28.
The film billed as a merry mash-up of sisterly affection, parental disappointment and bold action follows martial artist-in-training Ria Khan (Priya Kansara) who believes she must save her older sister Lena from her impending marriage. After enlisting the help of her friends, Ria attempts to pull off the most ambitious of all wedding heists in the name of independence and sisterhood.
Pic’s producers are Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Olivier Kaempfer and John Pocock. Its cast also includes Ritu Arya, Nimra Bucha, Akshay Khanna, Seraphina Beh and Ella Bruccoleri.
Polite Society world premieres at Sundance on January 20. Other upcoming titles from Focus include the Goran Stolevski-directed romantic drama Of an Age (February 17), the Woody Harrelson-led Special Olympics comedy Champions (March 10), and the psychological thriller Inside (March 17) with Willem Dafoe, to name a few.
View the trailer for Polite Society by clicking above.
