Overview
- The film played in Cannes’ Un Certain Regard and earned a five‑minute standing ovation focused largely on Maika Monroe’s performance.
- Maika Monroe stars as Winifred Notty, a Victorian governess with violent impulses, and critics at Cannes largely praised her intense, transformative turn.
- Director Zachary Wigon and screenwriter Virginia Feito present a deliberately “demented” blend of gothic horror, black comedy and grotesque violence that reviewers say is striking but tonally uneven.
- Bleecker Street will release the film in U.S. theaters on September 25, 2026, True Brit will handle U.K. and Irish distribution, Anton financed the picture and holds international rights, and the MPAA has rated it R for strong bloody violence and brief sexual material.
- The project adapts Feito’s 2025 novel, was filmed in Ireland, features Thomasin McKenzie, Jason Isaacs, Ruth Wilson, Jacobi Jupe and Evie Templeton, and is being positioned as a possible cult entry in contemporary genre cinema.