Saint Maud

There, but for the grace of God, goes Maud, a reclusive young nurse whose impressionable demeanor causes her to pursue a pious path of Christian devotion after an obscure trauma. Now charged with the hospice care of Amanda, a retired dancer ravaged by cancer, Maud's fervent faith quickly inspires an obsessive conviction that she must save her ward's soul from eternal damnation - whatever the cost. Making her feature film debut, writer-director Rose Glass cannily lures the audience into this disturbed psyche, steadily setting up her veritable diary of a country nurse for an unnerving and ultimately shocking trajectory. Morfydd Clark (also at the Festival in The Personal History of David Copperfield) portrays the sanctimonious Maud with an intense stoicism that belies a disquieting vulnerability, as Maud desperately vies for absolution and solidarity from her embittered patient (an enthralling Jennifer Ehle, also at the Festival in Beneath the Blue Suburban Skies). Glass tenderly captures this relationship with an empathetic gaze that first assumes an ethereal, dreamlike atmosphere - but it isn't long before Maud's dogmatic candor incites an irreconcilable friction that spirals her mind into a suffocating confluence of creeping doubt and paranoia. As Glass tightens the screws on her misguided martyr, well-placed nods are made to religious horror forerunners like William Friedkin's The Exorcist, further contributing to the film's increasingly dread-filled malaise. And when this insidious fever climatically breaks, the consequences are devastating and terrifying in equal measure.

Everything about this movie is great and frankly, I don't find any flaws in it. People might think I'm being too generous and that I'm blinded by my love for Rose Glass. No, I just know a damn good movie when I see one.

A Brilliant movie experience! And performances from Lily Knight and Lily Frazer stand out!

What a brilliant film! Acting wise, Lily Knight puts in an excellent performance as the lead, and supporting actors such as Lily Frazer, also put in solid performances.

I LOVE THIS MOVIE!! freaking hilarious, and the cast is amazing!!

I was pleasantly satisfied with this film. And I know this movie isn't like other movies! Cool!

Watched this in the theaters and just had to watch it again.

I can guarantee you will not be disappointed by this film. Why? For one thing, it Lily Knight, Lily Frazer, who I felt did a marvelous job!

Absolutely brilliant - I loved every minute. I can't afford to buy many DVD's but I bought this one without any hesitation!

Good entertainment. Enjoyed it. Recomend !