The Absence of Eden Interview: Zoë Saldaña & Marco Perego on Working With Your Spouse

ComingSoon Editor-in-Chief Tyler Treese spoke with The Absence of Eden writer and director Marco Perego and star Zoë Saldaña about the intense drama movie. The duo discussed the process of working with your spouse and the themes of the film. The Absence of Eden is set to release in theaters on Friday, April 12.

"The Absence of Eden takes place at the border between the United States and Mexico – a hellish landscape inhabited by coyotes, armed officers, desperate immigrants, and refugees," reads the film's synopsis. "When Esmee (Saldaña), a young woman working as a private dancer in Mexico, is forced to commit a violent act of self-defense that results in the death of a cartel member, she flees her homeland for sanctuary in the United States. Guided by a ruthless Coyote and a group of undocumented immigrants, she befriends a young mother and her daughter along the way. Before crossing the border, the mother is taken from the group, and Esmee promises to protect her daughter and help them reunite again in America, touching off an interlocking story about people struggling to survive on America’s border with Mexico."