Overview
- Refn told reporters he was clinically dead for 25 minutes three years ago after doctors discovered a leaking heart and he later had surgery.
- He grew tearful as he said the scare left him feeling his career was over before he resolved to start again with purpose.
- Her Private Hell premiered at the Cannes Film Festival outside the main competition and drew sustained applause in the press room and at the screening.
- The film features Sophie Thatcher and Charles Melton in an international cast associated with the director’s stylized work.
- Watson reports that the premiere received seven minutes of applause and that a U.S. theatrical release is planned for July 2026.