“Love Lies Bleeding” is a British-American co-production, which was presented for the first time during the largest annual independent film festival in the USA, the Sundance Film Festival. The production’s director is Rose Glass, who made a very successful debut three years ago. Her first feature-length film “Saint Maud” received, among others, two BAFTA nominations.
The latest film with Kristen Stewart is conquering American cinemas. The co-writer is Polish
In the case of the 2019 production, the director was also the author of the script, but when working on “Love Lies Bleeding” she co-created it with Weronika Tofliska, whom she met during her studies. Interestingly, the Pole is also a director. In the past, she was responsible for creating several episodes of series that are available on streaming services. This includes: about “The Baker Street Gang” by Netflix or “His Dark Materials” by HBO Max.
A few days ago, she talked about working on her latest film in an interview with . – The starting point for the story was the bodybuilder that Rose imagined. We started weaving a story around it, which eventually became the script for the film. (…) In cinema, I am interested in existential, universal, ultimate themes. Hence the specter of death that returns in various guises. When writing, I like to juxtapose individuality with totality, life with transience. However, I disarm all this darkness with humor, she admitted.
Initially, it was played in five cinemas. The amazing results led to it being played all over the United States
“Love Lies Bleeding” is an erotic thriller set in 1989. Lou (Kristen Stewart) is a gym manager and the daughter of a local gangster (Ed Harris). Jackie (Katy O’Brian) is a homeless bodybuilder who dreams of winning a renowned competition in Las Vegas.
The women begin to warm up to each other, and Jackie begins training intensively. To be stronger, she starts taking steroids, which will soon begin to adversely affect not only her body, but also her psyche. There will be unexpected side effects, such as uncontrolled attacks of aggression.
“Love Lies Bleeding” is shown in American cinemas from March 8. It receives very good reviews overseas. On the website, where reviews of films from all over the world appear, the film co-created by the Pole has already collected over 160 reviews, 92% of which are positive. are positive.
On its opening weekend, the film was shown in just five theaters, but grossed $276,000. dollars, which gave an average of 55 thousand. dollars per facility. According to reports, the following weekend the film was shown in 1,362 cinemas, earning $2.5 million, taking sixth place in the American box office. It is a great success for independent cinema and the Polish creator who co-wrote the production. For now, the premiere date of the film in Poland is unknown.
Source: Gazeta
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