Sophie Thatcher stars in Nicolas Winding Refn's 'Her Private Hell'
- On Monday night, director Nicolas Winding Refn premiered his psychedelic ensemble film, Her Private Hell, at the Grand Theatre Lumiere in Cannes, earning a 12-minute standing ovation from the festival crowd.
- Refn's return marks his first feature in 10 years, following the polarizing 2016 thriller The Neon Demon, which divided audiences with boos and walkouts at the festival.
- Starring Yellowjackets star Sophie Thatcher and Riverdale actor Charles Melton, the story unfolds in a futuristic metropolis where a mysterious killer known as the Leather Man targets women while an American GI seeks vengeance.
- Neon will release Her Private Hell in 800 to 1,200 theaters across the United States on July 24, positioning the distributor for wide commercial reach.
- Despite playing out of competition, Refn continued his streak of dividing Cannes audiences, with the lengthy ovation confirming his enduring ability to command the festival's attention.
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Her Private Hell review: An endurance test for all but the most devoted Nicolas Winding Refn fanatics
With a typically provocative title like Her Private Hell, Nicolas Winding Refn returns to feature films after a decade absence. Premiering in an out-of-competition slot at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, this latest NWR – as he now insists on branding himself – outpouring is the ultimate Marmite movie. Some will love it, especially if you enjoy wallowing in genre mash-ups, sci-fi horror and Japanese fetishism. Many will hate it.Refn’s last fil…
Director Nicolas Winding Refn Cries When Discussing Dying for 20 Minutes During Heart Surgery
Getty Nicolas Winding Refn is reflecting on his near-death experience. The 55-year-old Her Private Hell director spoke out during the Cannes world premiere for his latest movie on Monday (May 18). The filmmaker explained to the Grand Theatre Lumiere audience that he was dead for 20-plus minutes during heart surgery, via Deadline. “Dying is very interesting,” he said. “Before I died, I had come to the end of my career because I didn’t have anythi…
‘Her Private Hell’ Review: Sophie Thatcher and Charles Melton in Danish Bad Boy Nicolas Winding Refn’s Agonizingly Self-Indulgent Return to Filmmaking
Sophie Thatcher and Charles Melton star in Nicolas Winding Refn’s 'Her Private Hell,' a nostalgic horror thriller that premiered in Cannes.
At the end of the screening of his film in competition "Her Private Hell" and in the middle of a press conference, the Danish filmmaker struggled to contain his emotion.
'Her Private Hell' Review: Sophie Thatcher Is Transcendent in Nicolas Winding Refn's Slippery Sci-Fi Horror
“This movie’s gonna be hell.” So says Sophie Thatcher’s Elle fairly early on in Nicolas Winding Refn’s visually striking “Her Private Hell,” cheekily and accurately predicting the nightmare that’s to come. To even call the film a nightmare feels like a reductive way of describing the feverish purgatory that Refn thrusts us into. More closely resembling his underrated and underseen recent series, “Copenhagen Cowboy,” the director’s return to feat…
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