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South African Release Nationwide this July.
The contemporary psychological thriller from Academy Award-winning director Neil Jordan, Greta, will open in SA cinemas nationwide this Friday, 5 July 2019. Co-written by Jordan and Ray Wright, it tells the story of Frances McCullen, played by Chloë Grace Moretz, a young woman struggling to fit into New York life.
She has a job as a waitress in an upscale Manhattan restaurant, misses her deceased mother, and feels estranged from her newly married father. Her only true friend is Erica Penn, Maika Monroe’s character, a boisterous 20-something from a wealthy family with whom she shares an apartment.
After discovering a handbag on a New York subway train, Frances sets about returning it to its rightful owner. This good deed places her in the orbit of an enigmatic middle-aged widow named Greta, played by the unstoppable Isabelle Huppert.
In between dog-shopping and cosy dinners, Frances makes an alarming discovery that changes her perspective on her new friend. When she tries to sever ties with Greta, things get stranger and more sinister and Frances’ once innocent remarks take on a very ironic resonance as Greta unleashes her inner stalker.
As a game of cat and mouse ensues, the legendary French actress gives a masterclass in crazy. She takes all the neuroses of her troubled characters in The Piano Teacher and Elle and amps them up a notch.
The film also stars Stephen Rea as a private investigator hired to investigate Greta and Colm Feore Frances’ estranged father, while Zawe Ashton plays a mysterious woman with important information about Greta’s past.
In Greta, Jordan is doing what he does best: subverting genre expectations and creating a unique and unexpected experience.
Greta is a contemporary thriller in the vein of films such as Fatal Attraction and Misery, with various twists and turns that the audience might not see coming. It is dubbed a psychological thriller that balances terror with comedy, making it hard to resist… like an unattended bag on the subway that’s just begging you to look inside.
Greta releases in South Africa on July the 5th, and is distributed by Flimfinity.