“Don’t you miss how hopeful we were?” asks Andrea Riseborough in a new trailer for “Luxor.” Zeina Durra’s sophomore feature tells the story of Hana (Riseborough), a British aid worker who returns to Luxor, Egypt and reconnects with Sultan (Karim Saleh), an archaeologist and her former lover. The pair walk through ancient ruins discussing their shared history and looking onward. Hana is on indefinite leave from her post — she’s been working as a doctor in a war trauma unit at the Jordanian-Syrian border, and the experience has made a major impact on her.

“It’s a quieter film that takes you on an internal journey, so the tone is naturally different. It’s a reflective film about the past, processing it, and not finding an immediate solution but [instead] giving life — or just feeling things again — a chance,” Durra, who also penned the script, told us. “There is a sense of mourning something — be it youth or purity — as an inexperience which leads to absolute optimism, and maybe realizing for the first time that some decisions you make might be harder to change. I think the older you are, the more numb you can get, as it’s not the first time you are hurt, or disappointed, or have experienced trauma and you can just shut down. Hana makes a choice to overcome this.”

“Luxor” just made its world premiere at Sundance Film Festival. No word on a release date yet. Durra made her feature directorial debut with 2010’s “The Imperialists Are Still Alive!”

“The Grudge,” “Nancy,” and “Mandy” are among Riseborough’s recent credits. The “Birdman” actress’ upcoming projects include Stacy Gregg’s “Here Before,” a psychological thriller about a bereaved mother who begins to question her reality after new neighbors move in next door, and “Geechee,” a supernatural story that follows a scientist who is haunted by her new home’s history.

Head over to Deadline to check out their exclusive trailer for “Luxor.”