The Well(2026)

1h 31m
- Thriller

Release Date: Mar 20, 2026 | Limited

Sarah is a teenager living with her parents in an isolated house in post-collapse Canada. The world outside has run out of clean water, and her family is sitting on one of the last safe supplies. When a man appears in one of their security traps claiming to be the nephew her parents believed was dead, the family fractures over whether to trust him, and Sarah ends up at a cult compound looking for the parts that could save their filter and their lives.

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Original Release | Mar 20, 2026 | Opens in 08days

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Director & Top Cast

Hubert Davis
Director

Joanne Boland
Elisha Devine

Jim Carey
Ragged Man

Noah Lamanna
Milly

Sheila McCarthy
Gabriel

Steven McCarthy
Walter

Natasha Mumba

Wanda

Cameron Nicoll

Sam

Shailyn Pierre-Dixon

Sarah Devine

Arnold Pinnock

Paul Devine

Idrissa Sanogo

Jamie

Other Details

Country of Origin: Canada

Summaries

Plot Summary

The Well is a 2025 Canadian thriller written by Michael Capellupo and Kathleen Hepburn, directed by Hubert Davis, marking his first narrative feature after a career in documentary filmmaking. Shailyn Pierre-Dixon plays Sarah Devine, the teenage daughter at the center of the story. Joanne Boland plays Elisha, her mother. Arnold Pinnock plays Paul, her father. Idrissa Sanogo plays Jamie, the stranger who arrives claiming to be family. Sheila McCarthy plays Gabriel, the leader of a nearby cult compound. The film is set in a rural, isolated homestead in Ontario, Canada, and a nearby compound, in a near-future world of environmental collapse and resource scarcity. The film was shot in the fall of 2023 in and around Hamilton, Ontario, and premiered on July 21, 2025, at the 29th Fantasia International Film Festival. US distribution is by Quiver Distribution, with a VOD and digital release on March 20, 2026. For audiences who prefer dystopian drama on the quieter, more psychological end of the genre.

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The Well (2026) is a post-apocalyptic eco-thriller where young Sarah Devine (Shailyn Pierre-Dixon) lives with parents Elisha (Joanne Boland) and Paul (Arnold Pinnock) in isolation, guarding their last clean water source amid a deadly global virus.