Saint Maud (2020)
Saint Maud
”A devoted nurse's obsession with saving a dying patient leads to dangerous consequences.”
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Rose Glass's debut is simply a sophisticated yet chilling mix of psychological thriller and body horror, through a tale about loneliness, femininity, trauma, obsession, and the thin line between absolute devotion and mental illness. 'Saint Maud', which made its debut at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival, is an incredible journey that seems like a mix between 'First Reformed' and supernatural horror classics like 'The Exorcist', with excellent acting from lead Morfydd Clark ('The Personal Life of David Copperfield'), conveying a perverse energy in her role as a woman whose body becomes the battleground for her own faith and darkness.
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Follows a pious nurse who becomes dangerously obsessed with saving the soul of her dying patient.
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