‘The Wedding Guest’ Trailer: Dev Patel Kidnaps The Bride-To-Be In New Thriller From Director Michael Winterbottom

As a wedding guest, your job is simple. You show up on time, you dress appropriately, and you wish the folks getting hitched the best of luck. One thing you don’t do is break into their home in the middle of the night and kidnap the bride at gunpoint. Alas, that’s exactly what happens in the upcoming thriller “The Wedding Guest.”

As seen in the first trailer, Dev Patel plays the titular guest named Jay. Venturing from Britain to Pakistan to attend a wedding, Jay decides to kidnap the bride-to-be and goes on the run with his new woman. Now, on paper that sounds like an absolutely ludicrous premise, but as we see in the footage, there’s way more to the story than what is being revealed in the trailer. So, suffice to say, there’s plenty of intrigue to put some butts in seats when this film hits theaters later this year.

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Patel stars opposite Radhika Apte and Jim Sarbh in the film. “The Wedding Guest” is written and directed by Michael Winterbottom, who is probably best known for his films “A Mighty Heart,” “24-Hour Pary People,” and “Wonderland,” all of which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival. This film didn’t make it to Cannes, but did premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival last fall.

IFCFilms is releasing “The Wedding Guest” in theaters on March 1.

Here’s the synopsis:

This propulsive, globetrotting thriller from acclaimed director Michael Winterbottom is a breathless tour through the shadowy underworlds and hidden realms of Pakistan and India. Jay (Slumdog Millionaire’s Dev Patel) is a man with a secret who travels from Britain to Pakistan to attend a wedding—armed with duct tape, a shotgun, and a plan to kidnap the bride-to-be (Radhika Apte). Despite his cool efficiency, the plot quickly spirals out of control, sending Jay and his hostage on the run across the border and through the railway stations, back alleys, and black markets of New Delhi—as all the while attractions simmer, loyalties shift, and explosive secrets are revealed. Pulsating with the sights and sounds of the Indian subcontinent, The Wedding Guest conjures a colorful world where danger lurks at every turn and nothing is as it seems.