LOS ANGELES (AFP) - 'Leave the World Behind,' an acclaimed novel about ordinary people struggling to cope as a slow and mysterious disaster shuts down the world, felt topical when it was published during the unfurling pandemic of 2020.
The movie -- starring Julia Roberts, and produced by Barack and Michelle Obama's company Higher Ground -- will stream on Netflix from Dec. 8.LOS ANGELES -"Leave the World Behind," an acclaimed novel about ordinary people struggling to cope as a slow and mysterious disaster shuts down the world, felt topical when it was published during the unfurling pandemic of 2020.
"It was published into a moment where that seemed especially in stark relief because of Covid. But I would argue that that's probably how our grandparents felt about reality.The movie -- starring Julia Roberts, and produced by Barack and Michelle Obama's company Higher Ground -- will stream on Netflix from Dec. 8.
With all phone, internet and television networks down, the terrifying nature of what is unfolding in the rest of the world creeps slowly in on the two families, who are forced to make an uneasy alliance despite their obvious prejudices. "It was the not knowing that was the part that scared us the most. But also, when it started to divide us."
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