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Damsel (2024)

Damsel poster
Directed by
Juan Carlos Fresnadillo
Genre
fantasy film, adventure film, dark fantasy
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 50m
Rated
PG-13
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 2,840 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young woman agrees to marry a prince but discovers she is a sacrifice to a dragon. She must fight to survive and escape the dragon's lair.

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What happens

Damsel is a 2024 American dark fantasy film directed by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo and written by Dan Mazeau. Millie Bobby Brown stars as Elodie, a young woman who accepts a marriage proposal only to realize that she is being used to repay a royal family's ancient debts and must now escape while surviving attacks from the dragon lurking in the chasm. The rest of the principal cast consists of Ray Winstone, Nick Robinson, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Angela Bassett, and Robin Wright. Damsel began streaming on Netflix to mixed reviews on March 8, 2024. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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