Eileeen movie storyline. 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 taken. 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 all.
Eileen is a 2023 American period psychological thriller film directed by William Oldroyd and starring Thomasin McKenzie and Anne Hathaway. It is based on the 2015 novel of the same name by Ottessa Moshfegh and adapted into a screenplay by Moshfegh with her husband Luke Goebel. Set in 1960s Boston, the film trails a parasitic relationship between two women working at a juvenile detention facility.
Eileen premiered at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival on January 21, 2023. It began a limited theatrical release in the United States on December 1, 2023 by Neon, before expanding wide on December 8, 2023 by Neon in North America. It was released international by Focus Features and Universal Pictures.
William Oldroyd’s connection to Sundance began in 2013 when his short film, Best, won the Short Film Competition at Sundance Film Festival: London. Oldroyd (Lady Macbeth) is sure to make a splash with this imaginative and forceful adaptation. With a seductive and savage performance from Sundance alum Hathaway (Song One, The Last Thing He Wanted) and an unhinged, powerhouse showing from McKenzie, Eileen is brought to the screen with brilliant gloom.
Directed by: William Oldroyd
Starring: Thomasin McKenzie, Shea Whigham, Anne Hathaway, Owen Teague, Marin Ireland, Jefferson White, Tonye Patano, Siobhan Fallon-Hogan, Alexander Jameson, Peter Von Berg
Screenplay by: Ottessa Moshfegh, Luke Goebel
Production Design by: Craig Lathrop
Cinematography by: Ari Wegner
Film Editing by: Nick Emerson
Costume Design by: Olga Mill
Set Decoration by: Michele Munoz
Art Direction by: Gonzalo Cordoba
Music by: Richard Reed Parry
MPAA Rating: R for violent content, sexual content and language.R for violent content, sexual content and language.
Distributed by: Neon (North America), Focus Features, Universal Pictures (International)
Release Date: January 21, 2023 (Sundance), December 1, 2023 (United States)
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