Jessie Buckley, Paul Mescal to feature in 'Hold on to Your Angels'

Rapt Films Alex Coco said, After years of working with filmmakers that explore the overlooked corners of our world, I can recognise Benh Zeitlin as a filmmaker with that rare gift the ability to reveal profound beauty and humanity in parts of America that seldom find their way onto the silver screen. The project marks the third collaboration for Buckley and Mescal.

Actors Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal are set to reunite for an upcoming film, titled ''Hold on to Your Angels''. The film is directed by Oscar-nominated filmmaker Benh Zeitlin and will be produced by Plan B and Rapt Film, according to the entertainment news outlet Deadline. It follows Mescal's character and a ferocious shepherd of lost souls (Buckley), who fall in catastrophic love as their crumbling bayou paradise drags them under, according to the official logline. Zeitlin said the film is the ''most impossible love''. '''Hold on to Your Angels' is the most impossible love story I've ever witnessed - an outlaw romance for the end of America, set on the crumbling edge of South Louisiana,'' the filmmaker said in a statement. ''I've been dreaming of telling it since its hero, Pam Harper, walked into an audition for Beasts of the Southern Wild 17 years ago. It's a love letter to an endangered way of life - and a rallying cry for empathy across a fractured planet,'' he added. Rapt Film's Alex Coco said, ''After years of working with filmmakers that explore the overlooked corners of our world, I can recognise Benh Zeitlin as a filmmaker with that rare gift: the ability to reveal profound beauty and humanity in parts of America that seldom find their way onto the silver screen.'' The project marks the third collaboration for Buckley and Mescal. The actors have previously worked together in Chloe Zhao's film ''Hamnet'', which released in 2025. They have also starred in the 2021 film ''The Lost Daughter'', but had no scenes together. It was directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal. Buckley's latest work is ''The Bride''. The film featured the actor alongside Christian Bale and Jake Gyllenhaal. Mescal featured in ''The History of Sound'', which released in 2025.