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李琪和母亲相依为命但关系紧绷，高考结束后，她在鱼档帮母亲照顾生意。在同学小薇的生日聚会上，李琪在对方挑衅下摔坏了小薇的手机，面对索赔危机，李琪决定独自解决。高考成绩出来了，远非母亲想象的那般理想，李琪却不愿听从安排去复读，令母女关系再度蒙上阴影……导演张旭煜的短片作品曾入围二十余个国内外电影节展，这部长片首作则是“青葱计划”五强优胜项目。导演在片中巧妙运用多种意象隐喻角色心理，成长的隐痛如鲠在喉，而资深话剧演员王一楠和新生代演员黄婧仪也以充满张力的互动精准诠释了母女之间爱恨交加的亲子关系。

　　欧文（贾斯蒂斯·史密斯 Justice Smith 饰）和麦迪（布里盖特·伦迪·佩恩 Brigette Lundy-Paine 饰）因一档深夜超自然节目而结缘，然而这档节目却神秘地被取消了，在暗淡的电视灯光下，他们对现实的看法开始变得模糊不清。

　　Check out the trailer for The Beast Within, an upcoming movie starring Kit Harington, Ashleigh Cummings, James Cosmo, and Caoilinn Springall.　　After a series of strange events leads her to question her family’s isolated life on a fortified compound deep in the English wilds, 10-year-old Willow follows her parents on one of their secret late-night treks to the heart of the ancient forest. But upon witnessing her father undergo a terrible transformation, she too becomes ensnared by the dark ancestral secret they’ve tried so desperately to conceal.　　The Beast Within is produced by Merlin Merton, Martin Owen, Ryan Hamilton, Karl Hall, Sebastian Street, Alex Chang, Jack Christian, Evan Ross, Jordan Wagner, and Ying Ye. It is written by Greer Taylor Ellison and Alexander J. Farrell.　　The Beast Within, directed by Alexander J. Farrell, opens in theaters nationwide on July 26, 2024.