Eternity trailer: Elizabeth Olsen shines in A24’s new supernatural romance that blurs the line between life and death.
Step aside with your boring love stories, A24 is back with a supernatural romance that is defying genre and has everyone talking. Eternity, the new hauntingly beautiful film from A24, dropped its new official trailer this week, and people are already hooked. With Elizabeth Olsen leading the pack– combining grief, time travel, and everlasting love–
Eternity will likely be one of the most talked-about releases of the year.
A24’s Aesthetic Meets Supernatural Romance
A24 has a wonderfully strange knack for transforming horror and thriller genres into new, exciting experiences with films like Hereditary, Midsommar, or The Green Knight. Now, A24 has shifted its focus to love and loss; of course, this is not a typical romance in a typical fashion for A24.
The Eternity trailer begins with vintage wedding photos in a dreamy montage with slow piano chords and Elizabeth Olsen’s voiceover, “They said love lasts a lifetime. What if it lasted longer?” That sentence alone will shape a story examining the metaphysical nature of time and the human connection.
As visually breathtaking as it is emotionally visceral, Eternity aims to poetically explore the other side of the mortal divide.
Bringing to life a dual role is Elizabeth Olsen
Fresh off her Emmy-nominated performance in Love & Death, Elizabeth Olsen is playing dual roles: Eleanor – a widow suffering profound grief – and Eliza, her former self caught in an incredible cosmic love triangle that manifests across dimensions.
While the trailer briefly introduces the notion of love and life beyond the grave, we watch Eleanor, before she is Eleanor, walk through the neglected gardens of an overgrown estate, as The Gardener, music from her past permeates the lush vegetation and whispers from her earlier life echo around her. Olsen’s performance already looks worthy of a nomination, evoking pain, confusion, and wonder with heartbreaking honesty – her facility for conveying emotional complexity through the most minute of gestures makes her perfect for such an ambitious role.
What is the plot: a love story
So, what is this thing called Eternity really about?
If I say too much, I will give the plot away (too much), and so here is the synopsis teased in the trailer, and according to the press release:
Eleanor’s husband, Henry, dies tragically. While attending a grief therapy retreat, Eleanor receives odd messages, letters, music, and dreams from two men: Henry and another person claiming (also) to be her husband… from a different life.
In exploring an ancient home set on a dreamt-of supernatural faultline, Eleanor gets dragged into an eternal love triangle with two versions of the same soul. Are these visions manifestations of grief, or is she really dancing with a tear in the fabric of time?
Direction by Sofia Lark – A Rising Indie Auteur
Directed by acclaimed director Sofia Lark, this film, Eternity, is her first film with A24 and is being hailed as a bona fide visionary.
Lark is known for her breakout indie hit The Orchard Moon, released in 2022. Eternity captures Lark’s poetic style, concept-driven storytelling, and minimalistic aesthetic. Sofia referred to the film as “a love letter to every single person who felt haunted by their own ‘what could have been’ moment.”
From Lark’s dreamy use of natural light, long takes, and symbolic imagery – like clocks moving backward and ghost orchids blooming- she expands metaphor layers atop an already poignant narrative.
Cinematography & Soundtrack – Dreamy and Eerie
Filmed in the Scottish Highlands and along the rugged coastal cliffs of Ireland, Eternity cinematographer Luca Ferrelli weaves an exquisite visual tapestry through a dreamy and slightly creepy palette of fog-drenched forests, gothic interiors, and a blanket of stars, leaving the viewer in a fluid and magical place that feels half fairy tale and half fever dream.
Also worth noting is the original score from Grammy-winning artist Hildur Guðnadóttir, composer of Joker and Chernobyl, with the trailer employing a haunting lullaby, combining strings and vocal work to emulate themes of longing and the cosmos’ impact on fate.
We can expect this soundtrack to become more iconic than the film.
The supporting cast gives humanity to the film’s emotional complexity.
While Olsen is the star, Eternity has an ensemble of very powerful support that complicates the story’s emotional complexity:
Domhnall Gleeson as Henry, Eleanor’s husband, lost (or possibly found).
Oscar Isaac as the mysterious spirit from Eleanor’s potential past life.
Ruth Wilson as Eleanor’s therapist, employing questionable motives.
Where, When, and How to Watch
A24 has mapped the film’s launch for the Venice Film Festival in September 2025, a limited theatrical release in October, followed by streaming on Apple TV+ in early November.
Advance screenings are already being discussed. There are rumors that Eternity will be a film to watch for the 2026 Academy Awards — accolades have been suggested for Best Actress, Cinematography, and Original Score.
Final Thoughts: Prepare for a Romantic Rollercoaster
The Eternity trailer has done exactly what great trailers do! It has intrigued, mesmerized, and stuck with you. Once you put Elizabeth Olsen, Sofia Lark’s compelling vision, and A24’s narrative prowess behind Eternity, it will be more than a movie; it will likely be a cultural touchstone.
FAQs
1: What’s Eternity about?
Eternity is a supernatural romance film that centers around a grieving widow named Eleanor (played by Elizabeth Olsen). Eleanor begins receiving strange messages from two men: her deceased husband and a stranger who claims to be her soulmate from a previous life. As Eleanor is pulled into these visions, she ends up in a love triangle where time, space, and reality collide.
2: Who stars in Eternity?
The leading character, Eleanor (and Eliza), is played by Elizabeth Olsen. The cast includes Domhnall Gleeson as Henry, Oscar Isaac as the oddly familiar past-life lover, and Ruth Wilson, who plays Eleanor’s therapist.
3: Who directed Eternity?
Eternity is directed by Sofia Lark, a young indie filmmaker recognized for her atmospheric storytelling with rich and emotionally complex characters. This is her first project with A24.