A young woman named Pearl is trapped on her family's farm and must take care of her sick father while dealing with her overbearing mother's religious beliefs.
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Trapped on her family’s isolated farm, Pearl must tend to her ailing father under the bitter and overbearing watch of her devout mother. Lusting for a glamorous life like she’s seen in the movies, Pearl’s ambitions, temptations, and repressions all collide, in the stunning, technicolor-inspired origin story of X’s iconic villain.
"After paying tribute to slasher horror in the acclaimed X, filmmaker Ti West now travels to the late 1910s to tell the origin story of Pearl, the killer from the first movie, once again portrayed by the brilliant Mia Goth (Suspiria). In this film (the second part of his X Trilogy), we follow the story of this young woman who can no longer take living on a remote farm with her abusive mother and vegetative father. Between comings and goings, mistakes and successes, Pearl finally has a breakdown because she can't take it anymore, she wants a change and is always ignored. It is a much more mature production than the previous film, both in terms of direction and script, as it knows how to develop its characters and, above all, create a climate of tension even with absurdly colorful and sunny scenes, with cinematography reminiscent of technicolor films like The Wizard of Oz. Again, it's worth highlighting the impactful performance by Goth, overlooked at the 2023 Oscars, who makes the most of her potential. It's no coincidence that even filmmaker Martin Scorsese praised the film and the performance."