The first trailer has been unveiled for Ryan Gosling’s directorial debut, Lost River, featuring Doctor Who star Matt Smith.

Previously titled How to Catch a Monster, the movie also stars Iain De Caestecker (Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.), Eva Mendes and Christina Hendricks (Mad Men).

The official synopsis reads: “A single mother enters a dark lifestyle, while her son uncovers a road leading to an underwater utopia.”

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Describing his character, Matt Smith revealed: “[My character is] called Bully … we can say he’s slightly unhinged.”

He previously commented: “[Ryan Gosling is] a really inventive man and he’s got a perverse and bold and bright imagination, and he’s written this tremendous sort of Lynchian piece.”

Filmed in Detroit last year, the movie premieres in Cannes this week and will be released in cinemas later this year.

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