Jennifer Lawrence and Brian Tyree Henry bond over shared tragedies in latest trailer for Causeway

Jennifer Lawrence fans got a glimpse into her upcoming drama Causeway when the film’s moving second trailer was released on Thursday.

The trailer takes a closer look at the character of the 32-year-old actress, a veteran struggling to recover from a brain injury after returning home to New Orleans, who befriends a man (Brian Tyree Henry) trying to recover from his own trauma. .

The trailer arrives just a day after Lawrence expressed a desire to focus on higher-quality films following a string of critically derided blockbusters, including Passengers (2016) and Red Sparrow (2018).

The trailer opens with Lawrence’s character, Lynsey, riding a bus after returning to the Big Easy.

‘I just never thought I’d come back here,’ she says, before showing a conversation with James (Henry) on a bench.

“What, don’t you love this city?” he asks.

But she clarifies that she is more afraid of returning to her childhood home, where she was “the only one to get out” after joining the military.

She is seen at home having an uneasy interaction with her mother (Linda Edmond), who is clearly disappointed with her latest job prospects.

‘What are you doing?’ her mother says annoyed when Linsey confesses that she works as a pool cleaner.

Back in the scene with James, he advises her to “just ride it” when things in her life get “dark”, though she doesn’t know how to do it.

The two then go for a walk, which resembles their quickly formed friendship.

She confesses in voiceover that she used to work for the Army Corps of Engineers, but after suffering a brain injury, she must get approval from her doctors before she can return to service.

“Are you blown up there and want to go back?” asks a shocked James as her doctor looks at MRI scans of her brain.

But then she inquires about his own tragedies.

“I had an accident…on the causeway,” he admits, before the trailer cuts through to a small photo of a young boy on his handlebars, suggesting James’ son was the victim of the crash.

Even with her newfound confessor, Linsey still struggles to find fulfillment in life.

She has been seen lying lethargic in bed before admitting to James that she is on ‘not-in-the-head’ medication.

Lawrence’s character then has a talk with her doctor, who doesn’t offer the reassurance she wants about her chances of getting back into the fray.

‘Can you go back? Yes,” he says, before continuing. ‘Do you have to go back? It’s another question.’

The trailer climaxes with scenes where Linsey and James strengthen their bond, including one where she leans forward to comfort him with a hug as he gets emotional during a dip in a pool.

Despite the bleak tone of everything that happened, the trailer ends with a burst of levity.

“How’s the pool?” asks James as the two of them ride.

“It’s slit throat,” she says into a dry pan before revealing she’s just kidding.

Causeway, directed by Lila Neugebauer, is currently in limited release in theaters and streaming on Apple TV+ starting Friday.