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Some secrets are buried deep in the family tree. In the official trailer for Unaccustomed Earth, a life-changing cancer diagnosis forces a wife and mother to confront the past she left behind, including the first love she sacrificed to honor her father's wishes.

Inspired by Jhumpa Lahiri's internationally acclaimed short story collection, Unaccustomed Earth follows a woman who moves her family from India back to Cambridge, Massachusetts, the one place where she truly felt at home. Starring Freida Pinto, Siddharth, Sarayu Blue, Indraneil Sengupta, Adi Roy, and Iyla Sundarsingh Mckaig, the Netflix drama explores family expectations, lost love, and the secrets that shape generations.

Watch the official trailer for Unaccustomed Earth, premiering December 17, 2026, on Netflix.

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00:00I've been sleepwalking through my life for years.
00:06I finally woke up.
00:15It's beautiful.
00:16You loved it here when you were little.
00:20They're here.
00:23Can you believe they're little babies?
00:25I know they're all grown up.
00:29God, I've missed this place.
00:31All my old friends.
00:35Haro.
00:36He's happy now.
00:43Back in Mumbai, I was the American kid.
00:46Here, I'm just the Indian kid who's not really from India.
00:49So I don't think people really know what to make of me.
00:51I know what that feels like.
00:52Do you think it would be crazy if I checked on Hamer right now?
00:56Well, if crazy is the word.
00:59Intrusive.
01:00Uh-huh.
01:01Overbearing.
01:01Medicine.
01:02Yeah, I can live with those.
01:07I had a marriage marriage when I was very young.
01:09I don't know if I'm happy.
01:12You decide every little thing for us.
01:14Enough.
01:14What I think doesn't matter, does it?
01:16No!
01:17But when I got sick...
01:24Everything changed.
01:29He's on old love.
01:31This couldn't destroy my family.
01:33Marriage.
01:34It's very lonely, isn't it?
01:37Carl's blown up her life and everyone's around her.
01:39I can't take all the secrets.
01:43I have no idea if I'm gonna survive this.
01:46A life with me isn't a life.
01:48A life with you is the only life I want.
01:51Daddy warned you about a crazy family.
01:53It's wonderful to have a crazy family.
01:57I've been wondering lately...
01:58No!
02:00Caution!
02:04What my life would have been like...
02:08If I'd made different choices.
02:15Pyro?
02:17What do you want?
02:28What's happened, guys?
02:28I know it is a woman and I will not be here.
02:28No!
02:29You can hear t it?

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