Saint Maud [Includes Digital Copy] [Blu-ray]

Director: Rose Glass Rose Glass

Overview

Writer-director Rose Glass' psychological horror film stars Morfydd Clark, Jennifer Ehle, and Lily Knight. Maud (Clark), a young hospice nurse who recently experienced an intense religious conversion, becomes singularly obsessed with the idea of securing her dying patient's salvation. The latter ? a once-famed dancer and choreographer, now bedridden by disability and illness ? underestimates her caretaker's ideological fervor to her detriment.

Product Details

Release Date:	11/30/2021
UPC:	0031398318613
Original Release:	2021
Rating:	R
Source:	Lions Gate
Language:	English
Time:	1:23:00
Sales rank:	19,070

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Morfydd Clark	Maud
Jennifer Ehle	Amanda
Lily Knight	Joy
Lily Frazer	Carol
Turlough Convery	Christian
Rosie Sansom	Ester
Marcus Hutton	Richard
Carl Prekopp	Homeless Pat
Noa Bodner	Hilary,Hilary
Takatsuna Mukai	Hiro
Jel Djelal	Barman
Joanna Richardson	Old Woman
Jonathan Milshaw	Handsome Man
Fiona Thompson	Nurse,Passerby
Sona Vyas	Agency Woman 1
Faith Edwards	Agency Woman 2
Keith Nahon	Cafe Man
Evo Payne	Passerby
Amanda Vinter	Passerby
Louise Portal	Birthday guest
Paul Edward Davies	Beach Worshipper
Linda E Greenwood	Passerby on beach
Andrew G. Ogleby	Club Goer
Susanne Schraps	Amandas Friend
Bianka Vago	Bar Punter
Jake Wyatt	Bar Storyteller
Caoilfhionn Dunne	L'infirmière
Louise Port	Birthday Guest
Adam Janota Bzowski	Composer

Technical Credits

Rose Glass

Rose Glass	Screenwriter,Director
Daniel Battsek	Executive Producer
Sam Lavender	Executive Producer
Andrea Cornwell	Producer
Oliver Kassman	Producer
Kharmel Cochrane	Casting
Paul Davies	Sound/Sound Designer
Mary Burke	Executive Producer
Simon Farmer	Sound Mixer

Editorial Reviews

Saint Maud is a religious horror film that examines the title character in depth. When Maud (Morfydd Clark) experiences trauma, she takes on a fervent religious path, leading her to see the pleasure that comes from her devotion to God. But there's an increasing darkness in how far Maud is willing to go to share this magnificent discovery of salvation with an aging former dancer for whom she is now caretaking for professionally. Maud is a young woman who works as a hospice aid. Looking for a fresh start, she moves into the mansion of her new patient Amanda (Jennifer Ehle) who was once a famous dancer and choreographer but is now suffering from late-stage cancer. Immediately, the two women are at odds with one another. Maud is a recent convert to Catholicism and is very strict with herself in making sure she follows the most devout routine possible. But Amanda is an atheist and recognizes that her life will soon be over, so she wants to get as much enjoyment from it as possible. While Maud sees an opportunity to save Amanda's soul by making her see the wrongfulness in her actions and experience the light of God before she goes, Amanda sees Maud as a troubled young woman who needs to lighten up a little bit and enjoy the earthly pleasures of life before they are gone. Both women are stubbornly set in their paths to help one another, while at the same time so set in their ways that they cannot see what the other is trying to offer them. But something starts to go awry in Maud's programming. Becoming more isolated from other people and inflicting a great deal of punishment on herself, Maud believes that suffering leads to lessons of enlightenment. When she starts to experience some truly phenomenal visions of God in her quest to save Amanda, it's hard to tell whether she's becoming mentally unhinged or receiving God's blessing for all that she's done. Written and directed by Rose Glass, a newcomer to the silver screen, there is a surprising mastery of the craft in Saint Maud. Especially for a horror film, the characters are filled with depth, with both Maud and Amanda delivering outstanding performances. The added differing sexual natures of both women makes them all the more complex and believable. Glass is very sparing with her details, running a quick film that still goes into great depth on the psyche of her main character. Whether or not Maud is truly experiencing what she believes she's experiencing is anyone's guess. But when her actions grow darker in fulfilling her purpose of showing Amanda the light, it's easy to see Maud as villainous, even in spite of her own past traumas that would paint her as the innocent victim. Of course, understanding someone's motivation and not thinking they're totally creepy are two very different things. Saint Maud truly embodies everything good about the horror genre, making sure to craft the scares as a genuine human impulse, both in the deeply unsettling events that occur and the reaction to those things. There is a deep satisfaction in finding the darkness inside of real people, wondering how far they will go and what they are capable of on their own personal journeys to become heroes.