Zal Batmanglij’s ‘The East’ Trailer 2

Zal Batmanglij‘s last film, Sound of My Voice, very nearly made it on my top ten films of last year, so naturally I’m very excited for his next film The East. Like his previous film, Brit Marling co-writes and stars as an operative for a private security firm who is tasked with infiltrating an anarchist group known as “The East.”

The film also stars Alexander Skarsgard, Ellen Page, Patricia Clarkson, Julia Ormond, Shiloh Fernandez, and Jason Ritter. Check out the first trailer here and hit the jump for the new trailer and synopsis.  The East opens in theaters on May 31st.

In THE EAST, Sarah Moss (Marling) is a brilliant operative for an elite private intelligence firm whose top objective is to ruthlessly protect the interests of their A-list corporate clientele. She is assigned to go undercover to infiltrate an anarchist collective known for executing covert attacks upon major corporations. Living amongst them in an effort to get closer to their members, Sarah finds herself unexpectedly torn between two worlds as she starts to fall in love with the group’s charismatic leader, finding her life and her priorities irrevocably changed.