Haunting YOU WERE NEVER REALLY HERE Trailer Watch the new YOU WERE NEVER REALLY HERE trailer! The film, directed by Lynne Ramsay (We Need to Talk About Kevin), stars Joaquin Phoenix, Ekaterina Samsonov, and Alessandro Nivola. YOU WERE NEVER REALLY HERE will be released in theaters in the US on April 6, 2018. A missing teenage girl. A brutal and tormented enforcer on a rescue mission. Corrupt power and vengeance unleash a storm of violence that may lead to his awakening.