SHELLEY
by Ali Abbasi
synopsis
Louise and Kasper, a Danish couple, live in an isolated villa in the middle of the forest away from modern life, technology and even electricity. Louise's biggest dream is to become a mother but she is unable to have children. She finally decides, out of desperation, to seal a pact with her Romanian maid, Elena, who accepts to bear Louise's child as a surrogate mother in exchange of a large amount of money. But the life growing inside of her is taking shape too fast, affecting the lives of everyone like an evil force. Paranoia and horror sets around the inevitable birth.
international title: | Shelley |
original title: | Shelley |
country: | Denmark, Sweden |
sales agent: | Indie Sales |
year: | 2016 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Ali Abbasi |
film run: | 90' |
screenplay: | Ali Abbasi, Maren Louise Käehne |
cast: | Cosmina Stratan, Ellen Dorrit Petersen, Peter Christoffersen, Kenneth M. Christensen, Patricia Schumann, Björn Andrésen |
cinematography by: | Nadim Carlsen, Sturla Brandth Grøvlen |
film editing: | Olivia Neergaard-Holm |
art director: | Sabine Hviid |
music: | Martin Dirkov |
producer: | Jacob Jarek |
production: | Profile Pictures |
backing: | New Danish Screen, Film i Skåne |
distributor: | Scanbox Entertainment Denmark |