Overview
- The film, which opens in German theaters Thursday, follows a buzzy Berlinale competition premiere that drew wide discussion and split notices.
- Karim Aïnouz directs from an Efthymis Filippou script, with Callum Turner, Pamela Anderson, Elle Fanning, Riley Keough, Jamie Bell, Lukas Gage and Tracy Letts leading.
- The story centers on a wealthy, isolated American family at a Spanish estate as adult children navigate their mother’s mysterious death and a domineering father.
- Critics describe vivid colors and opulent images paired with disturbing content, including sexual perversions, incestuous tensions and killings.
- New reviews compare it to The White Lotus and Saltburn and argue that shock and star power outweigh a sustained satirical payoff.