Overview

• DaCosta reimagines Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler as a 1954 England melodrama set over one lavish night, with Eilert Lovborg reworked as Eileen Lovborg.
• Reviewers highlight sumptuous production and costume design and Sean Bobbitt’s dynamic cinematography, with stylistic nods to lush period excess.
• The principal cast features Tessa Thompson, Nina Hoss, Imogen Poots, Tom Bateman, and Nicholas Pinnock, with Thompson’s turn described as commanding and magnetic.
• Critics note stretches that feel slow or structurally thin, with some suggesting the material might play better across a series.
• Following its TIFF berth, the film is slated to open in select U.S. theaters on Oct. 22, with an expansion on Oct. 29.