As the Great Depression begins to sweep across America, George Pemberton (Bradley Cooper) and Serena Shaw (Jennifer Lawrence) meet and fall in love. The whirl-wind romance soon sees the couple married, and entering into a lifelong partnership with the start of a timber empire. As Serena steadily proves herself to be more capable than any man in the company, she strongly boosts the productivity and the spirits of her husband. But soon, the house of cards crumbles to show the truth of George's hidden past, and expose the secrets he never expected Serena to find out. The Pembertons are thrown against their toughest obstacle yet - can their love truly conquer all, or is it destined to fall apart?
The film has been directed by the academy award winning Danish director, Susanne Bier, known for her film 'In a Better World', winner of the 2011 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. 'Serena' is based on the 2008 novel of the same name from author Ron Rash. The film also stars Rhy Ifans, Sean Harris, Toby Jones and Sam Reid. It has been produced by 2929 Entertainment, and is set for a release date in October, 2014.
Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Bradley Cooper, Toby Jones, Rhys Ifans, Sam Reid, Sean Harris, Blake Ritson, Kim Bodnia, Charity Wakefield, Ana Ularu, David Dencik, Ned Dennehy, Mark O'Neal, Michael Ryan, Jim High