Get ready Television Academy. Here comes HBO’s The Tale, starring Emmy® winner Laura Dern.
The HBO Films presentation is written and directed by Sundance Grand Prize winner and Emmy nominee Jennifer Fox, who based it on her own true story. The Tale chronicles Jennifer’s (Laura Dern) powerful investigation into her own childhood memories, as she is forced to reexamine her first sexual experience – and the stories we tell ourselves in order to survive. The Tale stars Laura Dern, Isabelle Nélisse, Elizabeth Debicki, Jason Ritter, Frances Conroy and John Heard, with Common and Ellen Burstyn.
The film premieres Saturday, May 26, at 10pm ET on HBO.