Oscilloscope Laboratories has released a new trailer and poster for their release of director Anna Rose Holmer‘s upcoming drama The Fits, starring Royalty Hightower as a young boxer who becomes enamored with a local dance team, eventually joining them and desperately trying to fit in.
The film originally premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and was met with a significant amount of praise and judging from the trailer, this will be one to keep an eye on. The Fits will open in New York June 3rd, Los Angeles June 10th, and have a nationwide rollout shortly thereafter.
Toni trains as a boxer with her brother at a community center in Cincinnati’s West End, but becomes fascinated by the dance team that also practices there. Enamored by their strength and confidence, Toni eventually joins the group, eagerly absorbing routines, mastering drills, and even piercing her own ears to fit in. As she discovers the joys of dance and of female camaraderie, she grapples with her individual identity amid her newly defined social sphere.
Shortly after Toni joins the team, the captain faints during practice. By the end of the week, most of the girls on the team suffer from episodes of fainting, swooning, moaning, and shaking in a seemingly uncontrollable catharsis. Soon, however, the girls on the team embrace these mysterious spasms, transforming them into a rite of passage. Toni fears “the fits” but is equally afraid of losing her place just as she’s found her footing. Caught between her need for control and her desire for acceptance, Toni must decide how far she will go to embody her new ideals.
