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Saint Maud

Saint Maud

Horror · Mystery · Thriller · 2020

Having recently found God, self-effacing young nurse Maud arrives at a plush home to care for Amanda, a hedonistic dancer left frail from a chronic illness. When a chance encounter with a former colleague throws up hints of a dark past, it becomes clear there is more to sweet Maud than meets the eye.

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Saint Maud

“Your Savior is Coming”

2020 Horror · Mystery · Thriller 1h 25m

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6.5 / 10

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Having recently found God, self-effacing young nurse Maud arrives at a plush home to care for Amanda, a hedonistic dancer left frail from a chronic illness. When a chance encounter with a former colleague throws up hints of a dark past, it becomes clear there is more to sweet Maud than meets the eye.

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Directed by

Rose Glass

Written by

Rose Glass

Morfydd Clark

Morfydd Clark

Maud

Jennifer Ehle

Jennifer Ehle

Amanda

Lily Frazer

Lily Frazer

Carol

Lily Knight

Lily Knight

Joy

Rosie Sansom

Rosie Sansom

Esther

Caoilfhionn Dunne

Caoilfhionn Dunne

Nurse

Marcus Hutton

Marcus Hutton

Richard

Court is in session

Put Saint Maud on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Arthouse Gremlin

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.