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Love Lies Bleeding (2024)

Love Lies Bleeding poster
Directed by
Rose Glass
Genre
crime film, romance film, thriller film, lesbian-related film
Country
United Kingdom, United States
Runtime
1h 44m
Rated
R
Rating
6.6 of 10 from 981 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A reclusive gym manager in 1989 starts a relationship with an ambitious bodybuilder. The bodybuilder gets pulled into the dangerous world of the manager's powerful and criminal father.

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What happens

Love Lies Bleeding is a 2024 romantic thriller film directed by Rose Glass from a screenplay she co-wrote with Weronika Tofilska, and starring Kristen Stewart, Katy O'Brian, Jena Malone, Anna Baryshnikov, Dave Franco, and Ed Harris. It is an international co-production between the United Kingdom and the United States. Set in 1989, the film's plot follows the lesbian relationship between a reclusive gym manager, who is estranged from her powerful father, a sinister businessman with a criminal history, and an ambitious bodybuilder who gets wrapped up in the father's web of violence and coverups. Love Lies Bleeding premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 20, 2024. It was released theatrically in the United States by A24 on March 8, 2024, and in the United Kingdom by Lionsgate UK on May 3, 2024. The film received positive reviews from critics and was named one of the Top Ten Independent Films of 2024 by the National Board of Review. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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