Nicole Kidman Unravels a 'Twisted Tale' in First Look atHollandfromFreshDirector Mimi Cave (Exclusive)

Mar. 15, 2025

Nicole Kidman in “Holland”.Photo:Prime Video

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Nicole Kidman’s seemingly perfect lives get turned upside down in her new movieHolland.

PEOPLE has an exclusive first look at the film, described as a “wildly unpredictable thriller.”

In it, Kidman, 57, plays Nancy Vandergroot, the “meticulous” teacher and homemaker “whose picture-perfect life with her community pillar husband and son in tulip-filled Holland, Michigan, tumbles into a twisted tale,” per a synopsis.

Succession’s Matthew Macfadyen plays Nancy’s husband, andBelfastbreakout Jude Hill stars as her son.

Gael García Bernalsteps in as Nancy’s “friendly colleague,” and together they “become suspicious of a secret, only to discover nothing in their lives is what it seems.”

Nicole Kidman and Gael Garcia Bernal in “Holland”.Prime Video

Director Mimi Cave, known for 2022’sFresh, tells PEOPLE, “There’s an odd sort of offbeat humor about it that we’re hoping people get and enjoy.”

Cave says she considered Kidman’s role in 1995’sTo Die Foras a source of inspiration for her character and performance inHolland.

“She plays this incredibly undertone comedic lead and I knew she had that in her, but maybe just hasn’t, you know, been in a role [like that] in a while,” says Cave. “She is so funny, so deeply funny.”

Matthew Macfadyen and Jude Hill in “Holland”.Prime Video

“I think that’s something that— it wasn’t that we didn’t expect it, but when it happened it was so far beyond what we expected, that there was lots of laughter on set and lots of joy and lots of, like, seeing where we could push things that she was game for.”

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Nicole Kidman in “Holland”.Prime Video

Cave says Kidman “makes herself completely available to you as a director” while on set. “She’s really incredible to watch and she’s someone I’ve learned a great deal from. It was a pretty magnificent experience for me,” Cave says.

Hollandwill premiere at the 2025 SXSW Festival on March 9 before streaming on Prime Video March 27.

source: people.com