Click on the photo above to open the gallery. Set in 1950s America, the film follows Alice (Pugh) and Jack (Styles) who seem lucky to live in the idealized community of Victory, an experimental company town that houses the men who work for the top-secret Victory Project and their families. The social optimism of the 1950s espoused by their CEO Frank (Pine) — equal parts corporate visionary and motivational life coach — anchors every aspect of daily life in the tight-knit desert utopia. Venice Film Festival: Deadline’s full coverage While the husbands spend each day inside the Victory Project Headquarters, working on the “development of progressive materials,” their wives – including Frank’s elegant partner Shelley (Chan) – spend their time enjoying beauty, luxury and debauchery their. community. Life is perfect, with every resident’s needs met by the company. All they ask in return is discretion and an unquestioning commitment to the cause of Victory. But when cracks begin to appear in their idyllic life, exposing glimpses of something much more sinister lurking beneath the attractive facade, Alice wonders just what they’re doing at Victory and why. The film premieres on September 23.
