New Trailer for Thriller ‘Shoshana’ with Harry Melling & Douglas Booth
by Alex Billington
June 3, 2025
Source: YouTube
“He knows nothing about Tel Aviv! Why did they choose him over you?” Watch and find out. Greenwich Entertainment has unveiled an official US trailer for a film titled Shoshana, a thriller set in Tel Aviv, Israel in the 1930s. This initially premiered at the 2023 Toronto Film Festival a few years ago, but has been stick in release limbo ever since due to the current events in Palestine & Israel – especially because it is literally about this conflict. And perhaps they’re not sure what the public will make of it. In this edge-of-your-seat thriller inspired by real events, a British police officer and a Jewish woman fall in love amidst the political turmoil of 1930s Tel Aviv. With British control over Palestine precarious and conflict inevitable, everyone is forced to choose a side. From acclaimed British filmmaker Michael Winterbottom. The description states: “Through their relationship the film explores the way extremism and violence pushes people apart, forcing people to choose one side or the other.” With Irina Starshenbaum, Harry Melling, Douglas Booth, and Gal Mizrav. If anyone’s interested, the film is finally set for release in July this summer. Have a look.
Here’s the official US trailer (+ poster) for Michael Winterbottom’s film Shoshana, direct from YouTube:
Inspired by real events, Shoshana is a political thriller set in the 1930s in Tel Aviv, a brand new European, Jewish city being built on the shores of the Mediterranean. Thomas Wilkin (Douglas Booth) is in love with the city and with Shoshana Borochov (Irina Starshenbaum), a Russian Jewish woman living in the city. Through their relationship the film explores the way extremism & violence pushes people apart, forcing people to choose one side or the other… Wilkin works with Geoffrey Morton (Harry Melling) in the anti terrorist squad of the British Palestine Police force, chasing the charismatic poet and underground leader Avraham Stern (Aury Alby). Stern believes Israel can only be built through violence. His two main targets are Wilkin & Morton. Shoshana, like Tel Aviv, is modern, progressive & feminist. She hates the politics of Stern and his followers. As the violence builds everyone is forced to choose which side they will fight on…
Shoshana is directed by acclaimed English filmmaker Michael Winterbottom, director of The Trip series, as well as Butterfly Kiss, Jude, Welcome to Sarajevo, Wonderland, 24 Hour Party People, Code 46, The Road to Guantanamo, A Mighty Heart, The Killer Inside Me, The Look of Love, On The Road, The Wedding Guest, Greed, and Eleven Days in May previously, plus a few episodes of “This England” most recently. The screenplay is written by Laurence Coriat, Paul Viragh, and Michael Winterbottom. Produced by Massimo Di Rocco, Josh Hyams, Luigi Napoleone, Melissa Parmenter, and Winterbottom. This initially premiered at the 2023 Toronto Film Festival a few years ago, and it also played at the London & Thessaloniki Film Festivals. Greenwich Ent will debut Winterbottom’s Shoshana film in select US theaters starting on July 25th, 2025.