This film has introduced me to a director whose work I admire. And the lead actor, Florence Pugh, continues to amaze me. Having seen her in Don't Worry, Darling, I was recently surprised to learn she was the lead in Lady Macbeth. Terrific range
Here she is quite good. The story is fascinating. Pugh plays a nurse who is tasked with trying to determine how a young girl has survived fasting for months. The girl and her family claim she subsists on "manna from heaven. I am still not sure about an important element of the story: Why. Why claim to being nourished by heavenly food? Also, why, after the nurse forbids the family from seeing the girl did not the girl beg to see her mother?
Although some of the plot is not entirely clear, I enjoyed it It certainly beats watching stuff like 1899.
Although some of the plot is not entirely clear, I enjoyed it It certainly beats watching stuff like 1899.