Bodies Bodies Bodies (2022)
Director: Halina Reijn Run Time: 95 min. Rating: R Release Year: 2022
Starring: Amandla Stenberg, Chase Sui Wonders, Maria Bakalova, Myha'la Herrold, Rachel Sennott
Country: United States
Language: English
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About the film:
World Premiere at the 2022 SXSW Film Festival. In an isolated family mansion, a group of rich 20-somethings decide to play Bodies Bodies Bodies, a game where one of them is secretly a “killer” while the rest try to “escape”. Things take a turn for the worse when real bodies start turning up, setting off a paranoid and dangerous chain of events.
“smartly allows its talented cast to dig themselves into a gloriously silly (and bloody) hole, keeping viewers guessing about the resolution until the final minutes.”
—Abby Olcese for RogerEbert.com
About the filmmaker:
Halina Reijn is a renowned Dutch director, actress, author and producer. She is the winner of multiple awards, including the Golden Calf for Best Actress. Her critically acclaimed directorial feature film debut Instinct (2019) was selected for film festivals in Locarno, Toronto, BFI London, Ghent, and Chicago, and was The Netherlands’ submission to the 92nd Academy Awards for Foreign Language Film.
Reijn was professionally trained at the Maastricht Academy of Dramatic Arts and debuted on stage in 1997 as Ophelia in Hamlet. Reijn works with internationally acclaimed director Ivo van Hove at the International Theatre Amsterdam, performing their plays all over the world. She starred in the Oscar-nominated film Zus & Zo (2001), in Paul Verhoeven’s critically acclaimed Black Book (2006) and in Bryan Singer’s Valkyrie (2008) opposite Tom Cruise. She can also be seen in the Swedish series Conspiracy of Silence (2018) directed by Charlotte Brändström.
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