147 mins |
Rated
R18 (Graphic violence, sex scenes, drug use and suicide)
Directed by Ari Aster
Starring Will Poulter, Jack Reynor, Florence Pugh, William Jackson Harper, Julia Ragnarsson, Anna Åström, Vilhelm Blomgren, Archie Madekwe, Ellora Torchia
Ari Aster’s follow-up to the terrifying "Hereditary" centres on an American couple whose festive encounter with Swedish pagan cultists slowly but surely descends into madness.
Dani and Christian are about to break up. But after a family tragedy keeps them together, a grieving Dani invites herself to join Christian and his friends on a trip to a once-in-a-lifetime midsummer festival in a remote Swedish village. What begins as a carefree summer holiday in a land of eternal sunlight takes a sinister turn when the insular villagers invite their guests to partake in festivities that render the pastoral paradise increasingly unnerving and viscerally disturbing.
A dread-soaked cinematic fairytale where a world of darkness unfolds in broad daylight.
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Ari Aster’s follow-up to the terrifying "Hereditary" centres on an American couple whose festive encounter with Swedish pagan cultists slowly but surely descends into madness.
Dani and Christian are about to break up. But after a family tragedy keeps them together, a grieving Dani invites herself to join Christian and his friends on a trip to a once-in-a-lifetime midsummer festival in a remote Swedish village. What begins as a carefree summer holiday in a land of eternal sunlight takes a sinister turn when the insular villagers invite their guests to partake in festivities that render the pastoral paradise increasingly unnerving and viscerally disturbing.
A dread-soaked cinematic fairytale where a world of darkness unfolds in broad daylight.