Overview

• In her feature film debut, Norwegian director Emilie Blichfeldt shifts the Cinderella narrative to focus on stepsister Elvira, portrayed by Lea Myren.
• The film stages explicit body horror—from nose crushing and eyelash stitching to ingesting a parasite—to dramatize the physical costs of obsessive beauty rituals.
• Its aesthetic blends Eastern European fairy tale visuals of the 1960s and 70s with pulsating electro-pop soundscapes to merge nostalgia and unease.
• Following screenings at Sundance and the Berlinale, critics praise the film’s stark portrayal of female rivalry and the social currency of appearance.
• Reviewers commend its visceral style and feminist subversion for exposing how women’s bodies are judged and commodified.