She Will
2021 · United Kingdom · 95 min
- Director
- Charlotte Colbert
- Screenplay
- Charlotte Colbert
- Music
- Clint Mansell
- Cinematography
- Jamie Ramsay
Cast
What it is about
Veronica Ghent, a former film star, travels to a healing retreat in Scotland with her nurse, Desi Hatoum, after a double mastectomy. The grounds hold a dark past: centuries ago, women accused of witchcraft were burned there. What seems like a period of rest gradually becomes unsettling as the protagonist begins to suffer disturbing dreams.
How it was made
She Will is Charlotte Colbert's feature directorial debut, and she wrote the screenplay as well. Jessica Malik and Bob Last produced it, with Dario Argento and Edward R. Pressman among the executive producers. The cast includes Alice Krige, Malcolm McDowell, Rupert Everett and Kota Eberhardt. Filming took place in Aviemore and Glasgow. Clint Mansell composed the score and Jamie Ramsay shot the film. It blends psychological horror and folk horror with a post-MeToo reckoning and a sharp streak of satire about the film industry.
Reception and legacy
It premiered at the Locarno Film Festival in 2021, where it won the Golden Leopard for Best First Film. On Rotten Tomatoes it holds an 85% approval rating from 67 reviews, and on Metacritic it scores 73 out of 100 from 18 critics. Reviewers praised its restrained approach, hypnotic atmosphere and several strong performances. Variety called it a superb, sly debut, while Screen Daily noted that Colbert found a new way into a familiar tradition.
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Trivia
Feature debut
She Will marks Charlotte Colbert's first feature as a director. She also wrote the screenplay.
Argento's involvement
Dario Argento, a key figure of Italian giallo and horror cinema, is credited as one of the film's executive producers.
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