YouTubeFilm & TV / NewsFilm & TV / NewsWatch The Goldfinch trailer featuring Finn Wolfhard and Perfume GeniusDonna Tartt’s prizewinning novel has been adapted for the big screenShareLink copied ✔️May 30, 2019May 30, 2019TextPatrick Benjamin Donna Tartt’s 2014 Pulitzer prizewinning novel The Goldfinch has been adapted for the big screen, starring young Ansel Elgort (Baby Driver) and teen superstar Finn Wolfhard (Stranger Things). Tartt’s tale of childhood trauma follows 13-year-old Theo Decker, who survives a terrorist attack at an art gallery in which his mother is killed. Stumbling through the debris after the bomb blast, he picks up a Dutch Golden Age painting called “The Goldfinch”, his one source of comfort as he descends into a life of crime. A trailer for director John Crowley’s adaptation, released yesterday, offers a glimpse of the heart-wrenching, tear-jerking production, set to a hauntingly beautiful pop-requiem from Seattle artist Perfume Genius. “When I lost her,” Theo says in the trailer, “I lost sight of any landmark that might have led me some place happier.” Flashing forward to his later life we see Theo struggling with drug addiction and haunted by images of his dead mother and the painting he salvaged from the rubble of the art gallery blast when he was a child: “In Amsterdam, I dreamt I saw my mother again. Same beautiful, pale blue eyes,” he says. Finn Wolfhard plays Boris, a wealthy son of a Ukrainian immigrant, who befriends Theo and helps him deal with his trauma. The film is set for release September 13 and you can watch the full trailer below. Based on the Pulitzer Prize winning novel, #TheGoldfinch arrives in theaters September 13. | @USATODAYpic.twitter.com/1c6J7Pemqy— The Goldfinch Movie (@GoldfinchMovie) May 29, 2019Escape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.READ MOREGetting to the bottom of the Heated Rivalry discourseMarty Supreme and the cost of ‘dreaming big’ Dsquared2Dsquared2 turns up the Heated Rivalry at Milan Fashion WeekBen Whishaw on the power of Peter Hujar’s photography: ‘It feels alive’Atropia: An absurdist love story set in a mock Iraqi military villageMeet the new generation of British actors reshaping Hollywood Sentimental Value is a raw study of generational traumaJosh Safdie on Marty Supreme: ‘One dream has to end for another to begin’Animalia: An eerie feminist sci-fi about aliens invading MoroccoThe 20 best films of 2025, rankedWhy Kahlil Joseph’s debut feature film is a must-seeJay Kelly is Noah Baumbach’s surreal, star-studded take on fameEscape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy