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.

Well thought out Drama and story line. I'll watch it again.

We really enjoyed this movie! Thought it was very entertaining.

I can't explain enough how brilliant the movie was, it's perfect, and that's definitely an understatement

In my opinion, it is the best Rose Glass film, I am very pleased with this movie!

The great story, characters, visuals, and so forth made this film incredibly memorable, as this movie will hold a special place in my heart.

It's a great movie I give it 10 out of 10

It was a decent movie. Very entertaining!

I've lost count of the number of times I have seen this movie, but it is more than 20.

I've always loved this movie and watched it many times.

WOW. This film was a breath of fresh air! Morfydd Clark and Jennifer Ehle did awesome job! Morfydd Clark was excellent at playing and does it flawlessly. The body language, facial expressions, etc., he does it perfectly! Jennifer Ehle was very good at playing his role; bringing charisma, a little humor, and a good amount of authority and responsibility.

The character of Lily Knight is very interesting. I like him so much.