Underplayed Gems

Saltburn (2023)

Saltburn poster
Directed by
Emerald Fennell
Genre
drama film, thriller film, black comedy film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
2h 11m
Rated
R
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 2,994 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A lonely Oxford student becomes obsessed with a charismatic aristocrat. After a summer invitation to the family's sprawling estate, strange and manipulative events unfold.

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What happens

Saltburn is a 2023 dark comedy thriller film written, directed, and produced by Emerald Fennell, starring Barry Keoghan, Jacob Elordi, Rosamund Pike, Richard E. Grant, Alison Oliver, Archie Madekwe and Carey Mulligan. Set in Oxford and Northamptonshire, it focuses on a student at the University of Oxford who becomes fixated with a popular, aristocratic fellow student, who later invites him to spend the summer at his eccentric family's estate. Saltburn premiered at the 50th Telluride Film Festival on 31 August 2023. It was released in cinemas in the United Kingdom on 17 November 2023 and in select cinemas in the United States on the same day. The film had its US wide release on 22 November before its streaming release by Amazon Prime Video on 22 December, on which it became one of the most-streamed films. The film received critical acclaim (particularly for the performances of Keoghan and Pike, production design, score, and cinematography) and was nominated for two Golden Globe Awards and five BAFTA Film Awards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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