Uncover the secrets behind mortality in the new exclusive online trailer for the upcoming film, ‘Decoding Annie Parker.’ The drama was directed by Steven Bernstein, who also co-wrote the script with Adam Bernstein and Michael Moss. The movie, which is set to be released by eOne in theaters and on VOD on May 2, stars Helen Hunt, Samantha Morton, Aaron Paul, Rashida Jones and Maggie Grace.

The following synopsis for ‘Decoding Annie Parker’ has been released by eOne:

Based on true events, Decoding Annie Parker is the hopeful and touching story of two remarkable women and their 15-year battle against a cruel and insidious illness, breast cancer. Waged on both scientific and emotional fronts, they are drawn together not just by the disease but by their shared determination and unconventional approaches to their research and to their lives.

Annie Parker (Samantha Morton) has a personal relationship with breast cancer. Her mother and her sister died of the disease and ultimately she is diagnosed with it too. Naturally affable with an offbeat sense of humor – even in the face of her own mortality, she struggles to hold her family and life together, as her body betrays her.

Meanwhile, geneticist Mary-Claire King (Helen Hunt) is convinced there is a link between DNA and cancer – even if no one in her profession shares her belief. Against the advice of nearly all of her colleagues, she persists in her research and her dogged pursuit for funding that will lead to the groundbreaking study that will join the two women together. Decoding Annie Parker follows the incredible, irreverent and heartwarming story of how the paths of cancer survivor Annie Parker and geneticist Mary-Claire King intersect. With grace and humor the film chronicles how these remarkable women work to make one of the most important genetic discoveries of the 20th century.

Check out the new exclusive online trailer and images for ‘Decoding Annie Parker’ below.

Helen Hunt in Decoding Annie Parker

Alice Eve and Samantha Morton in Decoding Annie Parker

Samantha Morton and Rashida Jones in Decoding Annie Parker

Written by: Karen Benardello

By Karen Benardello

As a graduate of LIU Post with a B.F.A in Journalism, Print and Electronic, Karen Benardello serves as ShockYa's Senior Movies & Television Editor. Her duties include interviewing filmmakers and musicians, and scribing movie, television and music reviews and news articles. As a New York City-area based journalist, she's a member of the guilds, New York Film Critics Online and the Women Film Critics Circle.

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