Watch the Breathtaking First Trailer for The Goldfinch

Donna Tartt’s The Goldfinch is a breathtaking novel (it did win a Pulitzer, after all) and it’s looking like director John Crowley’s (Brooklyn) film—one of Paste’s most-anticipated book-to-film adaptations of the year—is going to follow suit.

Starring Ansel Elgort as Theodore Decker, the film, like the novel, follows the life of a young man who lost his mother in a terrorist attack as a child. From there, the narrative follows his growth into adulthood while the effects of his mother’s passing bring guilt, grief and a sign of hope in the form of a painting of a goldfinch found in the same museum where his mother died.

The trailer doesn’t give too much away, flipping back and forth between Decker’s childhood and adulthood. Elgort seems to be giving a possibly career-defining performance as the protagonist and it’s helpful having a supporting cast consisting of Nicole Kidman, Sarah Paulson, Finn Wolfhard, Jeffrey Wright and Luke Wilson. Oakes Fegley’s breakout turn as young Theodore seems to also be a bright spot.