Overview

• IFC Films released the inaugural teaser while Variety shared a first clip that sets up the tense dynamic among the leads.
• The film will have its world premiere on Sept. 6 at Venice Critics’ Week, with a U.S. theatrical release set for Dec. 5.
• Emma Corrin, Maika Monroe and Nicholas Galitzine head the ensemble with Felicity Jones, Richard E. Grant and Amir El‑Masry, as Charli XCX makes a brief silver‑screen debut as Rosa.
• Writer-director Julia Jackman adapts Isabel Greenberg’s 2016 graphic novel, a One Thousand and One Nights–inspired tale of storytelling and agency.
• The logline centers on a seductive houseguest who disrupts a husband, his bride Cherry and maid Hero; Galitzine describes his Manfred as “charming and Machiavellian.”