Is Neve living the perfect life? Or a perfect lie? In the British social thriller The Strays, by actor, writer and filmmaker Nat Martello-White, one woman’s meticulously crafted upper-middle-class life begins to break when two strangers arrive in town. Martello-White’s debut feature, starring Ashley Madekwe (Salem, The Umbrella Academy), explores the intersections of class identity and internalized racism.
The film will be available to stream Feb. 22.
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Along with Madekwe, The Strays stars Justin Salinger (Hanna), BAFTA winner Bukky Bakray (Rocks), Jorden Myrie (Shepherd’s Delight), Samuel Small (The Nest), Maria Almeida (Pretty Red Dress). For more on the cast and characters, head over to this guide.
A light-skinned Black woman struggling among London's working class abruptly runs away from her problems. Eighteen years later, she’s living the picture-perfect life in a posh town with a husband and two children. Her accent, name and hair are all different now, and she strives for her and her family to live as affluently as possible. But the facade is starting to crack: She keeps spotting two people in her white suburban neighborhood who she’s convinced don’t belong there. The menacing sightings drive her to her wit’s end. But who are they? And why do they get under her skin so much?
The film takes place in London and in an English suburb called Castle Combe.
