Eileen

Eileen

classified 15

part of BFI London Film Festival 2023

Film

Please note: This was screened in Oct 2023

Director
William Oldroyd
Cast
Thomasin McKenzie, Anne Hathaway, Shea Whigham
Details
97 mins, USA
Primary language
English

Based on the book of the same name by literary powerhouse Ottessa Moshfegh, Eileen follows a peculiar young woman whose dreary life stretches on toward unending misery.

In frigid 1960s Boston, Eileen (Thomasin McKenzie) shuffles between her father’s dingy, emotionally haunted home and the prison where she works alongside colleagues who have ostracized her. When an intoxicating woman (Anne Hathaway) joins the prison staff, Eileen is immediately taken with her.

Just when the possibility of a salvational friendship (or maybe more) takes hold and forms a singular glimmer in Eileen’s darkness, her newfound confidant entangles her in a shocking crime that alters everything.

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