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Eileen

Synopsis

In frigid 1960s Boston, Eileen shuffles between her father’s dingy, emotionally haunted home and the prison where she works alongside colleagues who have ostracised her. When an intoxicating woman 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 everything.
Official Selection Sundance Film Festival 2023 - Premieres - World premiere
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2023

Details

Year: 2023
Type of project: Features
Running time: 97 min
Director: William Oldroyd
Producer: Stefanie Azpiazu, Anthony Bregman, Peter Cron, Luke Goebel, Bavand Karim, Ottessa Moshfegh, William Oldroyd
Co-Producer: Johnny Holland
Executive Producer: Farhana Bhula, Ollie Madden, Julia Oh, Gregory Zuk, Jamin O'Brien
Editor: Nick Emerson
Screenwriter: Luke Goebel (screenplay), Ottessa Moshfegh (novel, screenplay)
Director of Photography: Ari Wegner
Production Designer: Craig Lathrop
Composer: Richard Reed Parry
Principal cast: Thomasin McKenzie, Anne Hathaway, Shea Whigham, Marin Ireland

Genre

Action LGBTQIA+ Literary Adaption Drama

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

US, UK co-production

Film4 (UK), Fifth Season (US), Likely Story (US), Lost Winds Entertainment (US), Omniscient Productions (AU), Scott Rudin Productions (US)

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124 Horseferry Road
London
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