Nick Jonas and Brittany Snow Star in The Good Half Trailer (Exclusive) [Video]

Nick Jonas is leading an emotional new film about grief.

The first trailer for The Good Half, which PEOPLE is exclusively debuting, stars Jonas as Renn Wheeland who, “after years spent avoiding his problems, is forced to face his greatest fear: the recent death of his mother, Lily (Elisabeth Shue),” according to a synopsis for the movie, which premiered at the 2023 Tribeca Festival.

“While traveling home to Cleveland for her funeral, he forges a new relationship with fellow passenger Zoey (Alexandra Shipp), and later, heals an old one with his overbearing sister Leigh (Brittany Snow),” the synopsis adds.

“Together, with the help of his eager-to-connect father Darren (Matt Walsh), an old high-school friend and a hoarder priest, Renn tries to confront his past, his problems, his stepfather (David Arquette), his grief and his new reality.”

Robert Schwartzman, the movie’s director, tells PEOPLE that screenwriter Brett Ryland penned a script that “really …