From Oscar-winning writer-director Mona Fastvold (The World to Come, The Brutalist) comes a film about the astonishing legend of Ann Lee, founder of the Shakers. Oscar nominee Amanda Seyfried stars as the sect’s charismatic leader, who preached gender equality and social justice and was revered by her followers. The Testament of Ann Leereveals the passion and pain with which she built her utopia, and features over a dozen traditional Shaker songs, complemented by the ecstatic dances choreographed by Celia Rowlson-Hall (Vox Lux) and the songs and music composed for the film by Oscar winner Daniel Blumberg (The Brutalist).

The screenplay is written by Fastvold and Oscar® nominee Brady Corbet (The Brutalist), and the film’s producers include Andrew Morrison (The Brutalist), Joshua Horsfield (The Silent Twins), Viktória Petrányi (The Brutalist), Fastvold, Corbet, Gregory Jankilevitsch (Kobieta z…), Klaudia ?mieja-Rostworowska (The Silent Twins), Lillian LaSalle (Brooklyn, Minnesota), and Mark Lampert (The Brutalist).