‘Fingernails’ trailer: Jesse Buckley and Riz Ahmed look for love in the Apple romantic drama with a nail-biting twist [Watch]

Fresh off its screenings at festivals in Telluride and Toronto, Apple has released the first trailer for its new romantic drama “Fingernails” with Jesse Buckley and Riz Ahmed.

Here’s the brief plot summary for the film – which also stars “The Bear” actor Jeremy Allen White – that was provided by Apple: 

If there was a scientific test that proved whether you and your partner were in love, would you take it? Anna (Jessie Buckley) and Ryan (Jeremy Allen White) have found true love. It’s been proven by a controversial new technology. There’s just one problem: Anna still isn’t sure. Then she takes a position at a love testing institute and meets Amir (Rez Ahmed).

Christos Nikou (“Apples”) is the director of “Fingernails” and co-wrote the script. The film is set to play in select theaters on November 3, the same date it hits Apple TV+. 

What that plot summary doesn’t explain – and what the trailer keeps mostly hidden – is that the romantic test the characters in the film are obsessed with involves ripping off a person’s fingernail to check their compatibility with a significant other. Hence the title: “Fingernails.” Nikou’s film will stream as mentioned, but when it premiered at the Telluride Film Festival in early September, audiences were writhing in their seats in anticipation of the fingernail removal. It’s a good trick of filmmaking that should work even from the comfort of one’s home.

Watch the trailer below.

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