'The End We Start From' Teaser Has Jodie Comer Trying to Keep Her Head Above Water

Actress Jodie Comer has already won an Emmy Award, two BAFTAs, a Tony Award, and an Olivier Award for her work on stage and the small screen over the past five years. And now it feels like she may well be coming for an Oscar next. Her new apocalyptic survival drama The End We Start From certainly ticks all the boxes: A prestige cast, a timely, provocative premise, and a film festival-laden rollout that screams "Academy Award campaign" all add up the kind of buzz that indicates Comer's award resume may not be strictly limited to the worlds of television and theater for much longer.

The film is adapted from Megan Hunter's acclaimed 2017 novel of the same name. Hunter's book was frequently described during its release as a feminist version of Cormac McCarthy's seminal dystopian novel The Road, and its deliberately female focus — having a baby can often feel like the end of the world in the best of times, let alone during a climate change catastrophe — certainly helps it stand out amidst a crowded (and often male-heavy) genre.

The End We Start From follows the story of a young mother (Comer) who, along with her partner and newborn child, must flee a London submerged by devastating flood waters. As she and her young family struggle to find a way to his parent's house in the countryside, they find increasingly disturbing signs that the situation is growing increasingly desperate there as well.