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2023 Sundance Film Festival

Description

Based on the book of the same name by literary powerhouse Ottessa Moshfegh, Eileen follows a peculiar young woman whose dreary life stretches on toward unending misery. In frigid 1960s Boston, Eileen (Thomasin McKenzie) shuffles between her father’s dingy, emotionally haunted home and the prison where she works alongside colleagues who have ostracized her. When an intoxicating woman (Anne Hathaway) joins the prison staff, Eileen is taken. Just when the possibility of a salvational friendship (or maybe more) takes hold and forms a singular glimmer in Eileen’s darkness, her newfound confidant entangles her in a shocking crime that alters all.

William Oldroyd’s connection to Sundance began in 2013 when his short film, Best, won the Short Film Competition at Sundance Film Festival: London. Oldroyd (Lady Macbeth) is sure to make a splash with this imaginative and forceful adaptation. With a seductive and savage performance from Sundance alum Hathaway (Song One, The Last Thing He Wanted) and an unhinged, powerhouse showing from McKenzie, Eileen is brought to the screen with brilliant gloom.

Screening Details

Section: Premieres
Film Type: US Narrative Feature
Country: United States
Language: English
Run Time: 97 min.

Credits

Producer
Executive Producer
Editor
- Nick Emerson
Screenwriter
- Luke Goebel
- Ottessa Moshfegh
Co-Producer
- Johnny Holland
Production Designer
- Craig Lathrop
Costume Designer
- Olga Mill
Director
- William Oldroyd
Music Supervisor
- Howard Paar
Director of Photography
- Ari Wegner

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