She Will (film)
She Will | |
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Directed by | Charlotte Colbert |
Written by | Charlotte Colbert Kitty Percy |
Produced by | Jessica Malik Bob Last |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Jamie D. Ramsay |
Edited by | Matyas Fekete Yorgos Mavropsaridis |
Music by | Clint Mansell |
Production companies | A Popcorn Group Pressman Films Intermission Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
She Will is a 2021 British psychological horror comedy-drama film. It is a directorial debut by Charlotte Colbert who is also the writer for the film.[1] The film was produced by Jessica Malik and Bob Last with Dario Argento being an executive producer and Edward R. Pressman.[2] The film is starring an ensemble cast, including Alice Krige, Malcolm McDowell, John McCrea, Rupert Everett, Amy Manson, Jonathan Aris, Daniel Lapaine and Kota Eberhardt. The BIFA nominated film won the golden leopard for best first film at the Locarno Film Festival.
Plot[]
A former film star, Veronica Ghent, goes to a healing retreat in Scotland with her nurse Desi Hatoum after a double mastectomy. The place where she stays is the site where women were burnt as witches. Their ashes fill the land and give her the power to enact revenge in her dreams.
Cast[]
- Alice Krige as Veronica Ghent
- Malcolm McDowell as Hathbourne
- John McCrea as Ansel
- Rupert Everett as Tirador
- Amy Manson as Lois
- Jonathan Aris as Podrick Lochran
- Daniel Lapaine as Keith
- Kota Eberhardt as Desi
- Olwen Fouéré as Jean
- Kenneth Collard as Derek
- Apple Yang
- Catriona McNicoll as Janet
- Fiz Marcus as Joy
- Stephen Kyem as Connor
- Thomas Handling as villager (uncredited)
- Barry Smith as villager (uncredited)
Filming[]
She Will was shot in Aviemore and Glasgow, Scotland.[1]
Release[]
She Will won a Golden Leopard for Best First Film at Locarno Film Festival, and was nominated by BIFA following its UK premiere in official selection at the London Film Festival.
Reception[]
The film was described as “A Superb, Sly Horror-Drama Debut Delivering Otherworldly Feminist Vengeance”[3] by Jessica Kiang in Variety and Alfonso Cuarón has said that “it sits in the tradition of great psychological horror films [which] leaves one questioning long after [it] is finished[4]”.
“Colbert is nothing if not defiant, and determined. Others have been here before her, but she’s found a new way in.”[5] screen daily.
Meagan Navarro of Bloody Disgusting wrote "Between the haunting score and Colbert's effortless style, She Will eschews a conventional narrative and instead casts an atmospheric spell through tactile, dreamy visuals".[6]
According to Jessica Kiang of Variety, the film "administers a potent dose of #MeToo vengeance, all while wearing its nasty sense of humor like a red-lipstick grin applied to a perfectly masklike face".[7]
On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 90%.[8]
References[]
- ^ a b Thorne, Will (7 August 2021). "Charlotte Colbert and Rupert Everett on Exploring 'How Trauma Blurs the Boundaries of Time' in Locarno Horror Feature 'She Will'". Variety.
- ^ Wiseman, Andreas (22 September 2021). "Horror Icon Dario Argento Joins Charlotte Colbert's Genre Pic 'She Will'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
- ^ Silva, R. R (2010-02-01). "Conners' Teacher Rating Scale has limited ability to predict DSM-IV ADHD in referred schoolchildren". Evidence-Based Mental Health. 13 (1): 10–10. doi:10.1136/ebmh.13.1.10. ISSN 1362-0347.
- ^ Yossman, K. J. (2021-08-03). "'She Will': First Clip of Locarno Selection From Debut Director Charlotte Colbert (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 2021-11-16.
- ^ Halligan, Fionnuala (2021-08-05). "'She Will': Locarno Review". Screen. Retrieved 2021-11-16.
- ^ Navarro, Meagan (26 February 2021). "[Fantastic Fest Review] 'She Will' Casts a Beguiling Spell of Retribution". Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
- ^ Kiang, Jessica (15 August 2021). "'She Will' Review: A Superb, Sly Horror-Drama Debut Delivering Otherworldly Feminist Vengeance". Variety.
- ^ "She Will (2021)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
External links[]
- 2021 films
- English-language films
- 2021 drama films
- 2021 horror films
- British films
- British horror drama films
- British comedy-drama films
- British psychological horror films
- 2021 directorial debut films