All except for one room he forbids her from entering. ELIZABETH HARVEST Official Trailer (2018) Abbey Lee, Carla Gugino, Ciarán Hinds Movie HD© 2018 - IFC FilmsComedy, Kids, Family and Animated Film, Blockbuster. Newlywed Elizabeth (Abbey Lee) arrives with her brilliant scientist husband Henry (Ciarn Hinds) to his magnificent estate, where he wows her with lavish dinners and a dazzling tour of. Henry explains that everything in his world now belongs to her, all is for her to play in. An extremely wealthy, and brilliant scientist, has the nasty habit of brutally killing his wife, cloning her, marring her again, and then repeating the process. As a rabid moviegoer, I’m excited it will be in theaters, where audiences can immerse themselves in its dreamlike world.”Īrianna Bocco of IFC Films brokered the US deal with Ben Weiss of Paradigm on behalf of the filmmakers. Elizabeth Harvest Newlywed Elizabeth (Abbey Lee) arrives with her brilliant scientist husband Henry (Ciaran Hinds) to his magnificent estate. Gutierrez said, “I’m thrilled Elizabeth Harvest has found a home with IFC, distributor of many of my favorite movies. This modern-day take on the familiar, age-old tale of Bluebeard is so unique and with Sebastian’s voice and direction, the cast really delivers a knock-out ensemble performance.” Abbey Lee photographs so well and has the perfect look for a thriller of this type which seems very influenced by Italian giallo. Jonathan Sehring and Lisa Schwartz, co-presidents of IFC Films, said, “We are thrilled to bring Sebastian and his wonderful film into the IFC family. Elizabeth (Abbey Lee), a beautiful young newlywed, arrives at the palatial. Laure Vaysse of Motion Picture Capital, and Nicolas Chartier and Jonathan Decker of Voltage Pictures served as executive producers. Nothing is as it seems in this brain-bending plunge into our darkest desires. Automatik’s Brian Kavanaugh-Jones and Fred Berger produced the film alongside Motion Picture Capital and Gutierrez. ![]() When Henry is called away on business, Elizabeth’s curiosity gets the better of her and she enters a forbidden room. Newlywed Elizabeth (Abbey Lee) arrives with her brilliant scientist husband Henry (Ciarán Hinds) to his magnificent estate, where he wows her with lavish dinners and a dazzling tour of the property. But there’s at least a fizzy, decadent psycho-sexual energy to the tawdry pageantry of warped desire that keeps you staring, long after the arty-dumb dialogue wears out its welcome.Abbey Lee, Ciaran Hinds, Carla Gugino, Matthew Beard and Dylan Baker star in Sebastian Gutierrez’s modern-day take on the Bluebeard folktale about a murderous French widower.Įlizabeth Harvest follows the eponymous newlywed as she moves into a new estate owned by her brilliant husband Henry, who showers her with lavish dinners and promises of endless opportunities in her new life. When a young newlywed enters the one chamber in her husband’s mansion that’s off-limits, she faces the horrifying consequences of defying the rules. ![]() ![]() ![]() Gutierrez wants the director to have all the fun, and that leaves Hinds and Gugino, in particular, struggling to make sense of cockamamie characters. 2019 Maturity Rating: A16 1h 48m Sci-Fi Movies. Gutierrez is ultimately too enamored of his quasi-feminist, visually convulsive upending of damsel myths to let his actors enjoy themselves the way De Palma or Dario Argento would. Newlywed Elizabeth (Abbey Lee) arrives with her brilliant scientist husband Henry (Ciarn Hinds) to his magnificent estate, where he wows her with lavish. That provocation sparks a cascade of discoveries, crimes and survival schemes that aren’t merely art-directed to a fault but also unfortunately require the kind of lengthy second-half exposition - thanks to a journal kept by Henry’s tormented protégé (Carla Gugino), and coveted by his blind son, Oliver (Matthew Beard) - that eventually dulls this nasty, overlong party. It starts with the suspicious yet dull manneredness of a honeymoon between young, wide-eyed Elizabeth (Abbey Lee) and wealthy, controlling scientist Henry (Ciarán Hinds), set at a remote, opulent mansion wherein one room, per hubby’s wishes, must never be entered. The crowding of influences in Sebastian Gutierrez’s neo-gothic/sci-fi thriller “Elizabeth Harvest” - from Bluebeard to Brian De Palma, from Poe to “Ex Machina” - is a commotion that never quite lets this lurid love quadrangle-empowerment saga be its nuttiest best self.
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