Glenn Close and Amy Adams spar as mother and daughter in 'Hillbilly Elegy' trailer

Ron Howard's 'Hillbilly Elegy' stars Amy Adams as a woman struggling with addiction and Glenn Close as her mother, navigating family trauma.

On Wednesday, Netflix released the first trailer forstarring the pair of repeat Academy Award nominees as a mother and daughter navigating family trauma stemming from poverty, addiction and abuse in southern Ohio.

The emotional preview opens with Close’s Mawmaw offering some advice to her grandson, J.D. , a Yale Law student and former Marine who must confront his childhood demons when he returns home to the Midwest amid a family emergency. “I thought your mama was gonna be all right — be happy,” Close’s Mawmaw tells a young J.D., speaking with a Southern drawl. “I know I could have done better. But you — you’ve gotta decide if you wanna be somebody or not.”

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